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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 185
By Walley
SJR0185
004103
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A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Marie Brennan on her
selection as Lawrence County Public Library
director.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly give special
recognition to those individuals who have achieved significant milestones in their careers; and
WHEREAS, Marie Brennan is one such individual, who was recently selected by the
Lawrence County Public Library Board of Trustees to serve as director of the Lawrence County
Public Library and commenced her tenure in that illustrious post on February 3, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brennan has served the Lawrence County Public Library with acumen
and alacrity for seven years, four of which she served as assistant director; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure, Marie Brennan outlined the plan for the Library Green, an
outdoor, fenced area at the rear of the library that offers space for children's programs and
picnic seating for patrons; and
WHEREAS, she was also awarded a grant from NASA and recruited personnel to give
presentations for the annual summer reading program; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brennan succeeds the previous library director, Teresa Newton, who
admirably served her community for forty-eight years; and
WHEREAS, wholly committed to public service, Marie Brennan exemplifies the spirit and
allegiance to family and community that are characteristic of a true Tennessean; and
WHEREAS, her professionalism, integrity, and steadfast commitment to excellence
surely bode well for her success as director of the Lawrence County Public Library; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brennan is a public-spirited citizen of the highest order and most worthy
of our approbation; now, therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HO USE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we hereby honor and congratulate Marie Brennan
on her selection as Lawrence County Public Library director and extend to her our best wishes
for every future success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.