Senate Bill sb1784

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 1784

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1373A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing and commending Charles

  3         Edward Bell.

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  5         WHEREAS, Charles Edward Bell was born on October 26,

  6  1928, in Sanford, North Carolina, earned his Bachelor of

  7  Science in Business Administration in 1950 from Wake Forest

  8  University, enlisted in the United States Army, graduated from

  9  Officer Candidate School, commanded an intelligence cell in

10  the Korean War, and, following his honorable discharge, served

11  as a Captain in the Army Reserve for 5 years, and

12         WHEREAS, while employed by J.C. Penney Company in 1970,

13  Mr. Bell moved his family to Perrine, Florida, to open a J.C.

14  Penney store in the Dadeland Mall, and under his dynamic

15  leadership, the store became the leader in retail sales volume

16  among all J.C. Penney stores in the Southeastern Region of the

17  United States, and

18         WHEREAS, when Mr. Bell moved to Dade County, he resumed

19  his robust involvement in civic affairs, joining the Greater

20  South Dade County Chamber of Commerce, serving as chair of the

21  Chamber's Military Affairs Committee and as a member of the

22  Chamber's Board of Directors; joining the Perrine-Cutler Ridge

23  Rotary Club and serving as the Club's President; and serving

24  as a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.O., as a

25  member of the Board of Directors for Community Health of South

26  Dade, Inc., and as chair of the Council of Ministries of

27  Cutler Ridge United Methodist Church, and

28         WHEREAS, Mr. Bell served as chair of the Advisory Board

29  of the Senior Employment Council, chair of the Rotary Youth

30  Exchange Outbound Committee, and as chair of Rotary District

31  6990 Disaster Relief Committee, where he oversaw distribution

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 1784
    39-1373A-04




 1  of over $1 million donated by Rotary Clubs worldwide to aid in

 2  providing relief to local residents who suffered catastrophic

 3  losses from the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew, and

 4  was also a founding member of the Perrine-Cutler Ridge

 5  Council, served as a member of the Council's Board of

 6  Directors from 1998 to 2003, and at the time of his recent

 7  passing, was the Council's Director Emeritus, NOW, THEREFORE,

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 9  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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11         That the Florida Senate posthumously recognizes and

12  commends Charles Bell for his exemplary life, as a husband and

13  father, as a distinguished Army officer, as a successful

14  businessman, and as a dynamic civic leader who selflessly

15  rendered invaluable community service to those who reside in

16  Perrine, Cutler Ridge, and Dade County, Florida.

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