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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2658

    By Senator King





    8-1697A-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution expressing regret at the death of

  3         Senator William G. "Bill" Bankhead.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate, with deep regret, was

  6  informed of the untimely death of former Senator Bill

  7  Bankhead, and

  8         WHEREAS, Senator Bankhead served with distinction in

  9  the Florida Senate from 1988 until 1999, when he was appointed

10  by Governor Jeb Bush to head the Department of Juvenile

11  Justice, and

12         WHEREAS, it is most appropriate that the Florida Senate

13  commemorate the passing of one of its former members who

14  served his district and the State of Florida so admirably,

15  NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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19         That this legislative body does pause in its

20  deliberations to pay its respects to the late Senator William

21  G. "Bill" Bankhead and that the Florida Senate, in session

22  assembled, does record this testimonial of esteem and

23  bereavement:

24                           IN MEMORIAM

25                    WILLIAM G. "BILL" BANKHEAD

26         Bill Bankhead was born in Americus, Georgia, in 1941,

27  moved with his family to Florida as a child, graduated from

28  Englewood High School in Jacksonville, and earned a Business

29  Administration Degree from the University of Florida in 1963.

30  Following graduation, Bill Bankhead went to work for Stockton,

31  Whatley, Davin & Co., and in 1969 joined the real estate

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 1  division of what is now CSX Transportation. His involvement in

 2  civic organizations, such as the Jaycees, laid the foundation

 3  for his political career, and Bill Bankhead was recently

 4  honored at the Duval County Republican Party's annual Lincoln

 5  Day dinner as only the second recipient of the Don Brewer

 6  Excellence Award, which he received for helping to build the

 7  local Republican Party. In 1978 Bill Bankhead was first

 8  elected to the Florida House of Representatives, replacing

 9  Ander Crenshaw as the lone Republican from Jacksonville in the

10  Duval County Legislative Delegation. After serving five

11  successful and productive terms in the House of

12  Representatives, Bill Bankhead was elected to the Florida

13  Senate in 1988, where he quickly gained a reputation for

14  diligence and attention to detail, leading one Senator to

15  quip, "If there was a piece of legislation you didn't

16  understand, you would say 'Let's ask Bankhead, he actually

17  reads all the bills.'" Through dedicated hard work, Senator

18  Bankhead became a leading expert on health and social issues

19  and during his years in the Senate was one of the chief

20  architects in creating the Department of Juvenile Justice.

21  Senator Bankhead's knowledge of the Juvenile Justice system

22  led Governor Bush to appoint him to lead that agency in 1999.

23  Secretary Bankhead spent the remaining years of his life as

24  agency head and brought about numerous accolades for efforts

25  resulting in increased efficiency and lower crime rates while

26  at the same time improving the lives of young people in this

27  state. Senator Bill Bankhead is survived by his wife Diana,

28  his children William G., III and Brooke, and his mother Enid

29  Bankhead.

30         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

31  signed by the President of the Senate, with the Seal of the

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 1  Senate affixed, be transmitted to Mrs. Diana O'Quinn Bankhead,

 2  widow of Senator Bill Bankhead, as a tangible token of the

 3  sentiments expressed in this resolution and as a lasting

 4  symbol of the respect of the members of the Florida Senate.

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