Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 43

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 43-Senators Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, O'Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Regan, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Memorializing James W. Long, long-time Carson City resident.

Whereas, The members of this Legislature were saddened to learn of the death of James W. Long, long-time Carson City resident; and
Whereas, James W. Long was born in Clark, Mississippi, on March 12, 1925, to Edward and Lillian Davis Long; and
Whereas, After serving his country in the United States Army during World War II and graduating from Mississippi State University, James Long was hired as a civil engineer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior in 1948 and retired in 1980 as the Land Operations Officer of the Western Nevada Agency at the Stewart facility; and
Whereas, On October 20, 1950, James Long and Maudie Hilton were married in Yuma, Arizona, and 8 years later they moved to Carson City where they raised their three sons Harold, Bartley and Kevin; and
Whereas, James Long was involved in the reconstruction of Wildhorse Dam, was instrumental in the negotiation of a water settlement agreement between the United States and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and, from 1980 to 1991, was a realtor; and
Whereas, James Long was past president of the National Association of Federal Retired Employees, a member of the American Association of Retired Persons, the Democratic Central Committee and the Presbyterian Church and an honorary member of the Nevada Highway Patrol; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 69th Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada extend their heartfelt sympathy to long-time Legislative Counsel Bureau employee Maudie Long and to the other members of James W. Long's family; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to James Long's loving wife of 46 years, Maudie Long, and to their sons, Harold, Bartley and Kevin.
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