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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 298
By Bailey
SJR0298
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A RESOLUTION to recognize and commend Cumberland Medical
Center on the occasion of its seventy-fifth
anniversary.
WHEREAS, it is our privilege to recognize those premier medical facilities that have
compassionately and capably served the citizens of this State for generations; and
WHEREAS, one such entity is Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, which recently
celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary, marking seven and one-half decades of providing the
highest-quality health care to all who cross its threshold; and
WHEREAS, established in 1950, Cumberland Medical Center traces its beginnings back
to the efforts of pioneering physician Dr. May Cravath Wharton; and
WHEREAS, a member of Covenant Health, Cumberland Medical Center is an acute
care hospital, offering state-of-the-art technology, private patient rooms, and specialized
services not usually found in rural medical systems; and
WHEREAS, for the last seventy-five years, Cumberland Medical Center has served the
Cumberland Plateau area with compassionate care that has been essential to the region's
growth and the well-being of its citizens; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STA TE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we honor and commend Cumberland Medical
Center for seventy-five years of compassionate, dedicated service to the people of the
Cumberland Plateau and this State, extending our best wishes for the institution's continued
success in the future.
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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.