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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 26
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROMERO
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Jeneral C. "Jack" Chelette on the occasion of his retirement.
WHEREAS, Jack has made significant contributions to the lives of farmers in
Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes, dedicating over five decades to Prairie Land
Company and over four decades to Walker Louisiana Properties; and
WHEREAS, Jack grew up in a rice farming family, and an appreciation for
agriculture was ingrained in Jack from an early age; and
WHEREAS, in college, he and a friend planted a five-acre truck patch, hauled cattle
to Oklahoma for summer grazing, and hauled hay back to Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Jack began his career as a land manager in the spring of 1966; over the
span of his career, he would oversee twenty-seven farms in five different parishes; he was
responsible for irrigation systems and marketing the crops; and
WHEREAS, the farmers' needs were always Jack's first priority; and
WHEREAS, Jack was instrumental in the sugarcane industry making a comeback in
Southwest Louisiana, helping to form a sugarcane co-op and the sugar mill in Lacassine; and
WHEREAS, when Jack wasn't working, he spent his time laying pipelines, hunting
alligator and harvesting alligator eggs, and raising heifers to sell for a profit; and
WHEREAS, he was a member of the American Soybean Association, Louisiana
Soybean Association, and National Grain Board; he served as secretary and president of the
Ward Three Drainage Board in Calcasieu Parish and the Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club;
and
WHEREAS, Jack was active in his church communities; at his Baptist church, he was
the head of the Sunday School department and a member of the deacon board, and at the
Assembly of God Church, he has served as a greeter and deacon and led a men's bible study
group; and
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WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana is grateful for and recognizes Jeneral C. "Jack"
Chelette for his unwavering dedication and work ethic and his decades-long career of highly
effective service.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Jeneral C. "Jack" Chelette on the occasion of his retirement; does hereby
recognize and record his notable accomplishments and manifold contributions to agriculture
in Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes; and does hereby extend to him best wishes for
continued success and happiness as he embarks upon new endeavors.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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