HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance Book 18, Page 735, No Resolution NumberA RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF LEE LIVINGSTON, AN OUTSTANDING
CIVIC LEADER
WHEREAS, Lee Livingston was an outstanding community leader, having
served twenty-two years as a member of the board of directors
of Paducah Water (forks, chairman of the board since 1900;
Junior Chamber of Commerce state president in 1944 and a
national director; outstanding young man in 1949 and recipient
of the National Jaycee Distinguished Service award. In 1949
Mr. Livingston was named outstanding member of the Paducah
Kiwanis Club for his community service. He served as secretary -
treasurer of the Nest Kentucky Fair, as director of the Greater
Paducah Chamber of Commerce, an organizer of the Kiwanis Key
Club and Committee chairman of the March of Dimes; and
WHEREAS, his numerous accomplishments reflected constructive, creative
lives that immeasurably enriched this community and truly repre-
sented an outgoing, overflowing way of life; and
WHEREAS, he gave to each of us ideas, dreams, purposes, principles, plans,
vision and faith, by virtue of which he was a builder of more abundant
living for others;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Commission of the City of Paducah,
Kentucky offer on behalf of its citizens its sincere condolences to the
family of Lee Livingston, and advances for their consolation the words
of the poet: "In the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love
hears the rustle of an angel's wing."
Mayor
Passed by the hoard of Cornmif:sioncrs Ilccembcr 10, 1974
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, December 10, 1974.
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