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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 60
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Dr. Bobbie Deshotel
1 A RESOLUTION
2To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the death of Dr. Bobbie
3 Deshotel.
4 WHEREAS, Dr. Bobbie Deshotel passed away at eighty-three years old on Friday,
5May 22, 2020, with his family by his side; and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel was a member of the Vidrine High School class of 1954
7and a 1960 graduate of the Louisiana State University Medical School; and
8 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel began his medical practice in 1962 and maintained the
9practice for nearly fifty years until his retirement in 2011; and
10 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel was an incredible public servant throughout his life; at the
11time of his passing, he was serving in his fifty-first year as a member of the Evangeline
12Parish School Board; he also served, for six years in the 1960s, as the mayor of Basile, was
13a member of the board of directors for the Basile State Bank, served as assistant coroner for
14Evangeline Parish, and was a founding member and president of the Louisiana Swine
15Festival Association; and
16 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel was a parishioner of St. Augustine Catholic Church and
17had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary; and
18 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel is survived by his loving wife of sixty-one years, Joella
19F. Deshotel; his children, Randall M. Deshotel, Robert L. Deshotel, and his wife Lisa, Cherie
20D. Frey, and her husband Shane, Derek J. Deshotel, and his wife Pegi, and Robin M.
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1Deshotel, and his wife Jill; fourteen grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and many
2other family members and friends; and
3 WHEREAS, Dr. Deshotel will be remembered as a loving husband, father,
4grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend and will be dearly missed by all who knew and
5loved him.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
7Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express heartfelt condolences on the death of
8Dr. Bobbie Deshotel; does hereby thank Dr. Deshotel for his service to the community of
9Basile, Evangeline Parish, and the state of Louisiana; and does hereby extend sincere hopes
10and wishes that his family finds comfort during this time of loss.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
12family of Dr. Bobbie Deshotel.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 60 Original 2020 Regular Session DeVillier
Expresses condolences on the death of Dr. Bobbie Deshotel.
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