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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVES MIKE JOHNSON AND HARRIS AND SENATOR LUNEAU
CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of James Wesley Quillin
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To express the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana on the death of James Wesley
3 Quillin.
4 WHEREAS, James Wesley Quillin was born in Waco, Texas, in 1949, to Willard and
5Paulina Quillin; after his father completed a brief military stint in England, his family
6relocated to Pineville, Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, James attended Pineville High School and graduated from Louisiana
8College with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1973; he went on to receive a master's
9degree in psychology from Northwestern State University in 1975, and in 1978, he
10completed a doctorate degree in clinical psychology at the University of Southern
11Mississippi; and
12 WHEREAS, Dr. Quillin completed a one-year psychology residency at the William
13S. Hall Psychiatric Institute in Columbia, South Carolina; in 1979, he began practicing
14psychology in Pineville and soon after opened his private psychology practice; and
15 WHEREAS, over the course of his extensive professional career, Dr. Quillin treated
16thousands of patients in the central Louisiana region; he also published numerous works in
17professional academic psychological journals and briefly served as an adjunct faculty
18member at Louisiana College; and
19 WHEREAS, Dr. Quillin was also a longtime member of the Louisiana Academy of
20Medical Psychologists; he joined in 1979 and served as the organization's president from
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12000 until 2004; he also served as the president of the Louisiana Psychological Association
2from 2009 to 2010; and
3 WHEREAS, in the latter portion of his career, Dr. Quillin pioneered the movement
4for focused prescriptive authority to be granted to psychologists who completed additional
5training in neuroanatomy and psychopharmacology; he was a member of the inaugural class
6of psychologists who met these scrupulous standards and successfully obtained a medical
7psychology degree in Louisiana; he was the recipient of multiple awards for his service to
8the field of medical psychology and for his unrelenting pursuit of professional excellence;
9and
10 WHEREAS, James was an active member of St. James Episcopal Church in
11Alexandria, where he was confirmed in 2014; he was a member of the church's vestry, and
12until his passing, he served as the vestry's senior warden; he also served on the church
13stewardship committee and was a member of the Russell Knight Men's Bible Study Group;
14and
15 WHEREAS, James Quillin was also a very civic-minded individual who served on
16the board of the Rotary Club of Alexandria, as a member of the Parlangua men's Mardi Gras
17Krewe, and as king of the Krewe of Twelfth Night; and
18 WHEREAS, Dr. Quillin leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Paige Quillin;
19children, Dr. Elizabeth McLemore, and her husband Aaron; Rebecca Bartlett, and her
20husband Grant; Jennifer Andrus, and her husband Brandon; and Dr. Joseph Quillin, and his
21wife Thanmaya Reddy; sister, Susie Quillin, and her husband Russell Ward; mother, Paulina
22Ussery; grandchildren, Anna Kate Bartlett, Jack McLemore, Molly McLemore, Luke
23McLemore, Emily Bartlett, Addison Andrus, Jude Andrus, and Ruth Quillin; and
24 WHEREAS, James Wesley Quillin, was a beloved husband, son, brother, father, and
25grandfather; he cherished fishing, duck hunting, playing poker, dogs, Mardi Gras, his
26Christian faith, his genealogy, and his family; he will be deeply missed but certainly never
27forgotten.
28 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
29express heartfelt condolences on the death of James Wesley Quillin; does hereby recognize
30Dr. Quillin's inspiring pursuit of excellence in his professional career and his unrelenting
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1dedication to the advancement of the practice of medical psychology; and does hereby
2extend sincere wishes that his family find comfort during this extremely difficult time.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
4family of James Wesley Quillin.
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)]
HCR 124 Original 2021 Regular Session Mike Johnson
Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of James Wesley Quillin.
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