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House Bill 9207




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9207

        By Representative Bullard






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring Thelma Anderson Gibson

  3         for her accomplishments and civic and community

  4         involvement.

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  6         WHEREAS, Thelma Anderson Gibson was born in Coconut

  7  Grove and received her high school education at Carver High in

  8  1944, and

  9         WHEREAS, Mrs. Gibson received degrees in nursing from

10  Saint Agnes School of Nursing and Teachers College of Columbia

11  University, and

12         WHEREAS, Mrs. Gibson's nursing career included serving

13  as a Dade County Public Health Nurse and as a nursing

14  supervisor at Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she also served as a

15  part-time social worker and has served as a professional

16  volunteer since her retirement in 1980, and

17         WHEREAS, among her many contributions to the City of

18  Miami, Mrs. Gibson started the T.R. Gibson Unity and

19  Communications Center, named after her late husband, Canon

20  Theodore R. Gibson, and dedicated to fostering unity among

21  Dade County's multi-ethnic community, and

22         WHEREAS, Mrs. Gibson was a founding member of Black

23  Investors of Dade County (BIDCO), the Dade County Women's

24  Chamber of Commerce, and the Jackson Memorial Foundation, and

25         WHEREAS, in addition, Mrs. Gibson has served on

26  numerous civic and county boards and organizations for the

27  betterment of her community, NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9207

    546-156-97






  1         That the House of Representatives hereby pays tribute

  2  to Thelma Anderson Gibson for her service and contributions to

  3  the people of the State of Florida.

  4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  5  be presented to Mrs. Gibson as a tangible token of the

  6  sentiments expressed herein.

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