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MS HC124
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/23/2010
Primary Sponsor
Preston Sullivan
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AI Summary
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Commends James Dexter "Jim" Weatherly for his athletic accomplishments and distinguished entertainment career on "Jim Weatherly Day," August 7, 2010, during Pontotoc's 2010 Bodock Festival
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Recognizes Weatherly's football career at University of Mississippi as quarterback on the 1962 unbeaten National Championship team, 1963 SEC Championship team, and as All-SEC quarterback in 1964
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Honors Weatherly's songwriting career in Los Angeles and Nashville, including writing hit songs for Gladys Knight & The Pips such as "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
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Notes Weatherly's receipt of over 30 ASCAP awards, Nashville Songwriters' Association International Songwriter of the Year Award, and induction into both the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Mississippi Musician's Hall of Fame
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Directs copies of the resolution to be furnished to Jim Weatherly and members of the Capitol Press Corps
Legislative Description
Jim Weatherly; commend career accomplishments upon Pontotoc's celebration of "Jim Weatherly Day" on August 7, 2010.
Last Action
Enrolled Bill Signed
4/23/2010