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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 30
BY SENATOR ALARIO AND REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Mr. Francis Albert Adams on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday to be
celebrated on April 3, 2016, and to honor his lifetime of accomplishments.
WHEREAS, it is altogether fitting and proper that the Legislature of Louisiana
congratulates Francis Albert Adams on the achievement of this milestone in life and honors
him as an active and productive citizen of the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Adams was born on April 3, 1916, near Lockport, Louisiana, in
Lafourche Parish and reared there by his parents, Joseph and Marguerite Bellamore Adams;
Francis was one of eleven children; and
WHEREAS, in 1934, at the age of eighteen, he moved to Westwego which was just
a sleepy hamlet of less than four thousand inhabitants at that time; and
WHEREAS, having worked all of his life, Mr. Adams is a self-made man, who was
employed at Celotex Corporation, at the shipyards of Higgins Industries involved in the
construction of PT boats commissioned for the United States Navy, and later as a school bus
driver for the Jefferson Parish School Board until the time of his retirement; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Adams respectably served his country by enlistment in the United
States Army having served bravely as a medical corpsman; he was honorably discharged and
returned home to Westwego; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Adams and five of his brothers served in the United States military
during World War II and all returned home safely from the conflict; and
WHEREAS, Francis Adams married Edna Bernadette Lanassa in 1937 and together
celebrated seventy-six years of matrimony until her passing in 2013; and
WHEREAS, together they reared two children, Francis Adams Jr. and Joy Adams
Beck, then welcomed four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and six
great-great-grandchildren; and
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WHEREAS, proud to be a veteran, Mr. Adams is a lifetime member of American
Legion Post No. 206 serving as both Commander of the Second District and as a member
of its Executive Committee; as a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6793
and American Veterans (AmVets), and Mr. Adams holds an extraordinary lifetime
membership in La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Voiture Locale 201; and
WHEREAS, his service to the community includes membership and support of the
Westwego Volunteer Fire Company, the Sons of the Confederacy, and as a troop leader for
Boy Scouts of America, Troop No. 200; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Francis Adams merits a special measure of commendation and
recognition for the tremendous pride, kindness, and sense of purpose that he brings to his
family, friends, community, and state.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Francis Albert Adams on the occasion of his one hundredth
birthday, April 3, 2016, does hereby recognize the extraordinary life he has lived thus far and
for the contributions he has made to his community, and wish for him a full measure of
happiness in the years to come.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mr. Francis Albert Adams.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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