House Bill 9475

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9475

        By Representative Lynn






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the Reverend Carl F.

  3         Brinkley.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Reverend Carl F. Brinkley, born in Newark,

  6  New Jersey, moved to Daytona Beach when he was 21 to care for

  7  his grandparents and under their loving hands was guided to

  8  careers in the ministry and public service, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Reverend Carl F. Brinkley began his

10  service in the ministry when he was admitted to the Orlando

11  Conference of the African-Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in

12  October 1948 under the late John Andrew Gregg; was ordained

13  deacon December 17, 1950; later was ordained elder of Mt.

14  Olive AME Church in Merritt Island; and, on October 21, 1995,

15  he retired as pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church

16  after 48 years of service, and

17         WHEREAS, simultaneously with his service in the

18  ministry, the Reverend Carl F. Brinkley launched a career in

19  law enforcement in 1953, when he became the first black deputy

20  sheriff in Volusia County, later being promoted to the rank of

21  sergeant, the first of his race to attain the position in

22  Florida, and later cofounded the Florida Association of Deputy

23  Sheriffs, the oldest organization of black law enforcement

24  officers in the United States, and

25         WHEREAS, the Reverend Carl F. Brinkley continued in

26  public service when he was employed as a maintenance aide by

27  the Daytona Beach Housing Authority in 1958, during the time

28  housing developments were segregated by race, and, as the

29  civil rights movement grew, he moved through the ranks until,

30  in 1990, he became the first black executive director of

31  public housing in Volusia County, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9475

    560-186-98






  1         WHEREAS, during his tenure in public housing, the

  2  Reverend Carl F. Brinkley made improvements too numerous to

  3  list, and his leadership, friendship, and moral support to the

  4  many residents of public housing in Daytona Beach continue to

  5  inspire individuals who work with and provide low-income

  6  housing to families and senior citizens, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

  9  Florida:

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11         That the House of Representatives congratulates the

12  Reverend Carl F. Brinkley on the occasion of his retirement as

13  Executive Director of the Daytona Beach Housing Authority and

14  commends him for his 40 years of dedication to improvement of

15  public housing in Volusia County.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

17  be presented to the Reverend Carl F. Brinkley as a tangible

18  token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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