HLS 24RS-3362 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 90
BY REPRESENTATIVE WYBLE
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Don Spiers on a lifetime of public and community
service to Bogalusa, Washington Parish, and the state of Louisiana
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Don Spiers on a lifetime of public and community service to Bogalusa,
3 Washington Parish, and the state of Louisiana.
4 WHEREAS, Don Spiers was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana; he received his early
5education at Long Avenue Elementary School and graduated from Bogalusa High School;
6after graduating, he married his high school sweetheart, Georgia Garris; and
7 WHEREAS, Don enlisted to serve in the Army National Guard, on his seventeenth
8birthday, in 1954; during his military career, he rose through the ranks from private recruit
9to personnel sergeant; he graduated from the Army National Guard Officer Candidate School
10and became a commissioned officer and platoon leader; his service concluded in 1966; and
11 WHEREAS, Don completed three semesters at Southeastern Louisiana University
12before leaving to take a job with the Bogalusa Fire Department; at just nineteen years old,
13he was elected by his fellow firefighters to represent them as a member of the civil service
14board and convinced the fire chief and commissioner of safety to shift the fire department
15duty schedule to twenty-four hours on duty and forty-eight hours off duty; and
16 WHEREAS, Don was elected as secretary of the Louisiana Professional Firefighters
17Association at twenty-four years old, and he served in this position until his retirement from
18the Bogalusa Fire Department; he retired with twenty years of service to the department and
19fourteen years with the association, and he was named secretary emeritus upon his
20retirement; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mr. Spiers received a Louisiana real estate broker license in 1952, and
2he grew his business into the largest real estate and construction company in Washington
3Parish; from 1952 until 2001, he constructed nearly four hundred homes in the area; and
4 WHEREAS, Mr. Spiers was invited to serve on the board of directors of Washington
5Bank in December 1976, and he served as chairman of the board in 1985; he also served as
6a director at the bank until its merger with Hancock Bank in 1994; and
7 WHEREAS, Don helped found the Magic City Carnival Association with his friend
8Jack Wempe, and he served as the krewe's captain for forty-three years; the association has
9grown to more two-hundred members who present an annual parade with fifty-five authentic
10carnival floats; he retired as captain after leading the 44th Magic City Carnival Association
11Parade in 2024 and was named captain emeritus; and
12 WHEREAS, Don Spiers is a pillar of the Bogalusa community who is most deserving
13of the highest recognition for his civic mindedness and life of service.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15commend Don Spiers on a lifetime of public and community service to Bogalusa,
16Washington Parish, and the state of Louisiana and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that
17he continue to prosper in all of his endeavors and enjoy good health for many more years to
18come.
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 90 Original 2024 Regular Session Wyble
Commends Don Spiers on a lifetime of public and community service to Bogalusa,
Washington Parish, and the state of La.
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