08 LC 95
0609
House
Resolution 1529
By:
Representatives Glanton of the
76th
and Dempsey of the
13th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and honoring the life of Mrs. Phyllis Lynn Wright-Davis; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mrs. Phyllis Lynn Wright-Davis was born in Centre, Alabama to Joe and Dorothy
Wright on January 1, 1958, the first child born into the new year in Cherokee
County, Alabama; and
WHEREAS,
she was raised in Rome, Georgia and graduated with honors and other distinction
from East Rome High School, and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Spelman College and an Associate of Science degree from Gupton Jones College of
Funeral Services in Atlanta, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
she returned to Rome, Georgia in the 1980's to work at, and later manage, her
family's business, Wright's Memorial Mortuary; and
WHEREAS,
she was very active in her community serving with the United Way, the South Rome
Redevelopment Corporation, the City of Rome's Tourism Committee, the American
Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Heart of the Community Foundation, and as a
Certified Facilitator for Nurturing Parenting God's Way; and
WHEREAS,
she was a graduate of Leadership Rome, received the National NAACP Youth Advisor
Award of the Year for four consecutive years for her work with the NAACP
Rome/Floyd Youth Council, the group receiving state and national acclaim under
her leadership, and she was the state advisor for the NAACP's Georgia Youth and
College Division from 1997 through 1998; and
WHEREAS,
she served as Secretary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, helping to
organize the Commission's four-day celebration in honor of Dr. King's birthday,
which is one of the largest King Day celebrations in the State;
and
WHEREAS, she was a volunteer mentor for Annie K. Davis Elementary School, organized and volunteered her time at the yearly Love Feast, which provides hot dinners to the needy of Rome and surrounding communities during Thanksgiving, a member of the Rome Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a faithful member of Thankful Baptist Church, and she and her husband were mentors to Club Hero participants in a drug prevention program for teenagers; and
WHEREAS, she was a volunteer mentor for Annie K. Davis Elementary School, organized and volunteered her time at the yearly Love Feast, which provides hot dinners to the needy of Rome and surrounding communities during Thanksgiving, a member of the Rome Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a faithful member of Thankful Baptist Church, and she and her husband were mentors to Club Hero participants in a drug prevention program for teenagers; and
WHEREAS,
she was a loving wife to Ralph Davis, mother to Brian and Phillip Davis, and
grandmother to Jaden and Brianne Davis.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body join together in recognizing and honoring the life of Mrs. Phyllis
Lynn Wright-Davis and send their most sincere condolences to her family and
friends.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of
Mrs. Phyllis Lynn Wright-Davis.