ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 236
BY REPRESENTATIVES SMITH AND CARPENTER
A RESOLUTION
To commend and express sincere and heartfelt appreciation to Beverly A. Vincent of Baton
Rouge for eighteen years of highly effective service as a session sergeant-at-arms.
WHEREAS, for eighteen years, Beverly A. Vincent of Baton Rouge has provided
exemplary service to the Louisiana House of Representatives as a session sergeant-at-arms;
and
WHEREAS, in this important role, Ms. Vincent has served during countless meetings
of House committees, helping to maintain order and proper protocol under often challenging
circumstances, ever calm and unflappable no matter how crowded the room, how long the
proceedings, or how heated the debates; and
WHEREAS, from her station outside the House chamber during floor proceedings,
Ms. Vincent has delivered hundreds if not thousands of notes and messages regarding
legislation to the one hundred five members of the House, serving as an important conduit
of communication between constituents, lobbyists, and legislators in the course of House
business affecting people throughout the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, prior to her public service with the House of Representatives,
Ms. Vincent had a long career in the field of education; for thirty-five years, she served with
great distinction as a social studies teacher and librarian in a juvenile corrections setting,
Scenic High School, which was part of the Louisiana Training Institute (LTI) under the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Vincent was widely respected and admired during her highly
productive career at LTI and was recognized as the Outstanding Professional in the area of
librarianship at Scenic High School in 1996; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Vincent retired from Scenic High School in March of 2000, and in
the fall of 2002, she was appointed to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to fill an
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unexpired term; she represented District No. 3 with distinction until the next elected member
took office; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Vincent ultimately returned to school service at Brighter Horizon
School of Baton Rouge, sharing her vast knowledge and expertise as a social studies teacher
and librarian for ten years; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Vincent is an alumna of the Capitol High School Class of 1957,
graduated from Southern University with a bachelor of science degree, and has been a very
active member of the community, serving with organizations such as the Louisiana Coalition
of African American Breast Cancer Survivors, the American Cancer Society's People-to-
People Involvement Committee, and the Nonpareil Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction,
Inc.; and
WHEREAS, in their farewell addresses to the House, several state representatives
have publicly thanked Ms. Vincent from the well for her excellence as a session sergeant-at-
arms and for her kindness to them personally, demonstrating the positive and lasting impact
she has had on this institution and its members during the multiple legislative terms she has
so capably and steadfastly served; and
WHEREAS, Beverly A. Vincent merits a special measure of commendation and
gratitude for her many significant accomplishments and especially for her dedicated service
to the Louisiana House of Representatives.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and express sincere and heartfelt
appreciation to Beverly A. Vincent of Baton Rouge for eighteen years of highly effective
service as a session sergeant-at-arms; does hereby recognize and record for posterity the role
she has played in the vital process of democracy in action; and does hereby extend to her
enduring thanks for her professionalism and friendship and best wishes for continued
happiness and success in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Beverly A. Vincent.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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