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MS HC47
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/10/2022
Primary Sponsor
Lester Carpenter
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AI Summary
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Mourns the passing of Retired Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie, who died on January 19, 2022, at age 91, and commemorates her life and legacy
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Recognizes her 40-year nursing career beginning in 1951, including service as a Red Cross volunteer disaster nurse and recipient of the Lola Byrd Award for volunteer disaster work
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Honors her military career from 1959 to 1992, noting she was the first female nurse in the United States promoted to colonel in the National Guard and served as Chief Nurse of HHD, 213th Medical Group
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Acknowledges her 15 years of service on the State Veterans Affairs Board (12 as chairperson), during which the first Mississippi State Veterans Memorial Cemetery was approved and constructed in Newton County
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Notes that the veterans affairs home in Kosciusko, Mississippi, was named the "Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home" in her honor
Legislative Description
Retired Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie; commend her life upon her passing.
Last Action
Enrolled Bill Signed
3/11/2022