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2022 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 71
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Rosemary Slattery Davis upon the celebration of her
100
th
birthday.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Mrs. Rosemary Slattery Davis, widow of former State Senator Jackson
3 Beauregard Davis, on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday on May 21, 2022.
4 WHEREAS, it is a distinguished privilege for the Legislature of Louisiana to
5 congratulate Rosemary Slattery Davis on her extraordinary life; and
6 WHEREAS, Rosemary Slattery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is a St.
7 Vincent's Academy graduate as well as a Louisiana State University graduate in the College
8 of Commerce; and
9 WHEREAS, she and her future husband met as students attending LSU in the late
10 1930s; Jackson was an LSU Law Center senior and its student body president, and Rosemary
11 was a freshman pursuing a degree in commerce; and on April 19, 1940, they went to a dance
12 on their first date; and
13 WHEREAS, Jackson Davis was stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II and
14 as absence made the heart grow fonder, Jackson thought of Rosemary every day, sent her
15 orchids on special occasions, and enlisted his father, J. O. Davis, to take her to dinner and
16 always relay his loving sentiments; and
17 WHEREAS, after a two-year separation, Jackson managed to get Rosemary a civilian
18 job attached to the Fourteenth Naval District Headquarters in Honolulu and they married on
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1 January 15, 1944, at St. Augustine By-the-Sea Catholic Church on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii;
2 they lived in Hawaii until 1946, when they returned home to Shreveport; and
3 WHEREAS, true to her Irish heritage, Rosemary loves to wear the color green,
4 attends Mass regularly, serves as a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
5 of Jerusalem, Southeastern Lieutenancy of the United States, and is a staunch supporter of
6 the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans; and
7 WHEREAS, Rosemary has contributed to and been a member of many civic
8 organizations throughout the years, including the Junior League, the Cotillion Club, the
9 Shreveport Symphony, and the Salvation Army, and has been a Scout leader, room mother,
10 and every conceivable volunteer position when her four children were growing up; and
11 WHEREAS, Rosemary is the oldest member of the Shreveport Club; and
12 WHEREAS, she enjoys her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
14 commend and congratulate Rosemary Slattery Davis on the occasion of her one hundredth
15 birthday, does hereby recognize her extraordinary life experiences, and wishes her a full
16 measure of happiness for years to come.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
18 Mrs. Rosemary Slattery Davis.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler McCloud.
DIGEST
SCR 71 Original 2022 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Mrs. Rosemary Slattery Davis on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
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