Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HJR0317 Compare Versions

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4	4	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 317
5	5	By Stevens
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8	8	HJR0317
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to recognize and congratulate Lee and Susan
13	13	Moss upon their receipt of the Dr. Liz Rhea
14	14	Philanthropist Award from the Ascension Saint
15	15	Thomas Rutherford Foundation.
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17	17	WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should acknowledge
18	18	and applaud those estimable Tennesseans who have devoted themselves to serving their
19	19	communities; and
20	20	WHEREAS, two such individuals are Lee and Susan Moss, 2025 Rutherford Society
21	21	Gala honorees and the recipients of the Dr. Liz Rhea Philanthropist Award from the Ascension
22	22	Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation, an honor most befitting their unwavering commitment and
23	23	significant contributions to their community; and
24	24	WHEREAS, the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation will host its eighteenth
25	25	annual Rutherford Society Gala on March 29, 2025, at the Stones River Country Club; the event
26	26	will feature keynote speaker Inky Johnson, a former University of Tennessee football player
27	27	turned motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and author; and
28	28	WHEREAS, the Rutherford Society Gala celebrates philanthropic excellence and
29	29	recognizes donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the foundation; and
30	30	WHEREAS, Lee Moss, a respected banking leader, spent twenty-eight years at
31	31	SunTrust Bank, where he served as president of the Rutherford County market; he later
32	32	became chairman and CEO of MidSouth Bank before becoming president of Franklin Synergy
33	33	Bank; and
34	34	WHEREAS, Mr. Moss's leadership has earned him numerous honors, including the 2004
35	35	Jennings A. Jones Champion of Free Enterprise Award and being named the Rutherford County
36	36	Chamber of Commerce's 2019 Business Legend of the Year; and
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41	41	WHEREAS, Susan Moss has been a steadfast partner to her husband, Lee Moss,
42	42	offering unwavering support in both his professional and community pursuits; she is actively
43	43	involved in Charity Circle, Bible Study Fellowship, and First United Methodist Church, where she
44	44	participated in both the children's and adult choirs; and
45	45	WHEREAS, together, Lee and Susan Moss have made significant contributions to their
46	46	community, including a lead gift to expand the neonatal intensive care unit at Ascension Saint
47	47	Thomas Rutherford Hospital, now named the Lee and Susan Moss Family NICU; their enduring
48	48	commitment to service and philanthropy makes them deserving recipients of the Dr. Liz Rhea
49	49	Philanthropist Award; and
50	50	WHEREAS, Lee and Susan Moss have worked diligently to better the lives of their fellow
51	51	citizens, and they are most worthy of our approbation; now, therefore,
52	52	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
53	53	FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
54	54	CONCURRING, that we recognize and congratulate Lee and Susan Moss upon their receipt of
55	55	the Dr. Liz Rhea Philanthropist Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation,
56	56	extending our best wishes for much continued success and happiness in all their future
57	57	endeavors.
58	58	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
59	59	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
60	60	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
61	61	without House or Senate designation.