House Bill 9161
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HR 9161
By Representative Dennis
1 House Resolution
2 A resolution honoring Mr. Ed Holt.
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4 WHEREAS, Mr. Ed Holt, a grocery proprietor and
5 community leader, owns and runs the Holt and Stallings Grocery
6 Store in the Talleyrand area in Jacksonville, and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Holt, a self-described Georgia farm boy,
8 grew up among members of the Nunn political family, including
9 Senator Sam Nunn, and developed friendships with Governor
10 Lawton Chiles and President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, and
11 WHEREAS, even though Ed Holt and his wife never had any
12 children, they have decorated his store with his awards of
13 public service, campaign posters, and photographs of
14 dignitaries as a way to inspire youngsters who might visit the
15 store, and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Holt was and is a participating member of
17 his community which would set up ball games and other
18 activities to keep the kids in the neighborhood occupied, one
19 later becoming a Miami school principal and another was
20 appointed a circuit judge in Kentucky, and
21 WHEREAS, Ed Holt found his community service niche by
22 serving on numerous boards of community organizations,
23 including the Jacksonville Electric Authority, the
24 Construction Trades Qualifying Board, and consumer panels for
25 BellSouth, the Florida Times-Union, and the Department of
26 Agriculture, NOW, THEREFORE,
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28 Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
29 Florida:
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HR 9161
511-158A-99
1 That the House of Representatives honors Mr. Ed Holt
2 for his generosity, community spirit, neighborliness, and
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