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AL HJR55

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

2/26/2013

Primary Sponsor

Pebblin Warren

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2013

AI Summary

  • Mourns the death of Mr. William Jones "Bill" Childs of Tuskegee, Alabama, who died on February 6, 2013, at age 89.
  • Recognizes Childs' service as an aircraft mechanic for the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and his ranking as the 82nd Best Aircraft Mechanic/Fabricator in North America.
  • Honors his career as a businessman who owned and operated a Standard Oil/Chevron Station for more than 37 years and his service as Justice of the Peace in Macon County starting in the late 1960s as the first Black elected official since Reconstruction.
  • Acknowledges his family including daughter Joyce Marie and sons William Jones Childs, Jr. and Robert Wayne Childs, his membership in Washington Chapel AME Church, and his wife of 61 years, Barbara Childs.
  • Resolution adopted by the House on February 14, 2013, and the Senate on February 26, 2013.

Legislative Description

Childs, William Jones, death mourned

Resolutions, Condolence

Last Action

Delivered to Governor at 3:37 p.m. on February 26, 2013.

2/26/2013

Committee Referrals

Rules2/19/2013

Full Bill Text

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