ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 117
BY REPRESENTATIVES DEVILLIER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAGLEY,
BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOURRIAQUE,
BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BROWN, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARLSON,
CARPENTER, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER,
CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DESHOTEL,
DEWITT, DICKERSON, DOMANGUE, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, EGAN,
EMERSON, FARNUM, FIRMENT, FISHER, FONTENOT, FREEMAN,
FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GALLE, GEYMANN, GLORIOSO, GREEN, HEBERT,
HENRY, HILFERTY, HORTON, HUGHES, ILLG, JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON,
TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KERNER, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR,
JACOB LANDRY, MANDIE LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK,
MARCELLE, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MCMAKIN,
MELERINE, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, MYERS, NEWELL,
ORGERON, OWEN, PHELPS, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN,
SCHLEGEL, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STAGNI, TARVER, TAYLOR, THOMAS,
THOMPSON, TURNER, VENTRELLA, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILDER, WILEY,
WILLARD, WRIGHT, WYBLE, YOUNG, AND ZERINGUE
A RESOLUTION
To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the death of Cole
Stanford.
WHEREAS, it is with immense sadness and profound regret that the House of
Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana has learned of the untimely passing, on
February 21, 2024, of Cole Stanford; and
WHEREAS, Cole was a fifth-grade student at Our Mother of Peace Elementary
School in Church Point, Louisiana, who proudly served as an altar server at school Masses;
he cherished spending his free time on either the seat of a tractor or a four-wheeler, and he
was a hard worker who was employed in his family business; and
WHEREAS, Cole leaves to cherish his beautiful memory his parents, Jonathon and
Amy Richard Stanford; brothers, Isaac, Brock, and Jacques Stanford; sisters, Blake, Blair,
Lainey, Lola, and Minnie Stanford; niece, Charlie Braman; paternal grandmother, Barbara
Stanford; and maternal grandparents, Lonnie and Elaine Richard; and
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WHEREAS, Cole Stanford was a truly beautiful and pure soul, and the legacy of his
memory will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who had the privilege of
knowing and loving him.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express heartfelt condolences on the death of Cole
Stanford and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that his family, friends, and loved ones
find comfort in their shared memories of his beautiful life.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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