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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 57
BY SENATORS GARY SMITH, ALLAIN, BROWN AND CHABERT
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Vernon Rodrigue upon his retirement as the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court.
WHEREAS, Vernon Rodrigue served Lafourche Parish as an employee of the clerk
of court's office for over fifty years, beginning in 1960 and ending in 2016, including six
consecutive terms as clerk of court; and
WHEREAS, Vernon Rodrigue was born in Choupic, Louisiana, to Valentine and
Laura Landry Rodrigue and graduated from Thibodaux High School in 1960; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodrigue was married to Theresa Cherry Rodrigue for forty-seven
wonderful years and the couple was blessed with three sons Dean, Thomas, and Todd, and
five beautiful grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Vernon began working at the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court's Office
soon after graduating from high school in 1960, while his uncle Ambroise Landry was
serving as the Clerk; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodrigue began his employment with the Lafourche Parish Clerk
of Court's Office with the duty of making copies on a Photostat machine that took twenty
minutes to make a single copy, moving into receiving and filing documents and billing
before being named deputy clerk of court and minute clerk in 1968; and
WHEREAS, having served in many positions, in 1983, Vernon was appointed as the
chief deputy clerk of court and served in that position until 1989, when he was put in charge
of the mortgage department; and
WHEREAS, after being elected clerk of court for Lafourche Parish in the fall of
1991, Mr. Rodrigue oversaw the civil and criminal departments, jury selections, elections,
land and mortgage records; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodrigue, as clerk of court, is celebrated for creating a pleasant
working environment for his employees and keeping committed to his mantra that he and
his staff's main objective was to serve the public, not themselves; and
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WHEREAS, his greatest accomplishment as the clerk of court was to fully
computerize the office and coordinate the scanning of every land record back to 1808; and
WHEREAS, with his return to private life, Vernon will spend more time with his
family, continue to be an active member of the community he loves and served for so many
years, attending every fair, festival and function, and carry on his music career that is nearly
as long as his tenure at the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court's Office.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Vernon Rodrigue on his retirement following fifty-six years with the Lafourche
Parish Clerk of Court's Office, twenty-four of those years as the Lafourche Parish Clerk of
Court, and on his contributions and tireless service to the people of Lafourche Parish.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Mr.
Vernon Rodrigue of Thibodaux.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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