MS SC506

Honors Mrs. Leola Dillard of Yazoo City, Mississippi on her 100th birthday on February 6, 2012

Recognizes her 27-year career teaching in Yazoo County Schools and her role as the first African-American employee at the Mississippi State Employment Service in Yazoo City in the 1960s

Acknowledges her founding of the Yazoo City Community Civic Club and establishment of a community playground and recreation program, with the Leola Dillard Community Park named in her honor in May 2003

Notes her numerous awards including Mississippi Citizen of the Year (2009) from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Governor Initiative for Volunteer Service (2010), and recognition from Congressman Bennie Thompson

Celebrates her life spanning 18 U.S. Presidents from Taft to Obama and 24 Mississippi Governors, as the mother of nine children across five generations