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MS HR79

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/17/2023

Primary Sponsor

Philip Gunn

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • The Mississippi House of Representatives commends Charles Elon Bowering for his significant contributions to preserving the history of Flora, Mississippi, and congratulates him on the renaming of the Flora library as the Posey-Bowering Library
  • Bowering served in the National Guard and worked as a Madison County deputy sheriff for 28 years (Badge No. SO8) until his retirement in 1998
  • Since retirement, Bowering devoted countless hours to researching and digitizing historical records for the Flora library, becoming a widely recognized local historian on topics including the Chapel of the Cross, the Mississippi Ordnance Plant, and the Petrified Forest
  • Bowering's research assisted Presley Posey in writing The Flora Book: A History of the Town and Southwest Madison County, Mississippi, and both were instrumental in restoring the Flora train depot, the veterans monument, and the Flora library
  • Copies of the resolution are directed to be furnished to the Bowering family and the Capitol Press Corps

Legislative Description

Charles Elon Bowering; commend on occasion of having the Flora, MS, library renamed as the Posey-Bowering Library.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

2/17/2023

Committee Referrals

Rules2/16/2023

Full Bill Text

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