HLS 21RS-2583 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 80
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLARD
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Katie McMillon Neason on the occasion of her eighty-
first birthday
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Katie McMillon Neason on the occasion of her eighty-first birthday.
3 WHEREAS, Ms. Neason has served as a community activist for the city of New
4Orleans for over fifty years on issues related to education, nutrition, and early childhood
5development; and
6 WHEREAS, Ms. Neason's civic involvement includes tenures as president of the
7Louisiana Title I program and the state and national Title II programs; she worked with
8former Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, and as a drug counselor; and
9 WHEREAS, Ms. Neason worked for many years as a civil rights activist and a
10political activist; and
11 WHEREAS, Ms. Neason is a member of Pentecost Baptist Church in New Orleans
12and served as co-pastor with her husband; and
13 WHEREAS, Katie McMillon Neason is a genuine servant of her community; her
14commitment to advocating for sociopolitical issues in the state and nationally is most
15deserving of recognition.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Katie McMillon Neason on the occasion of
18her eighty-first birthday; does hereby recognize her many decades of service to the city of
19New Orleans and the state of Louisiana; and does hereby extend sincere hopes that she enjoy
20a wonderful birthday.
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HR NO. 80
1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Katie
2McMillon Neason.
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 80 Original 2021 Regular Session Willard
Commends Katie McMillon Neason on the occasion of her 81st birthday.
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