HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-20-1994 Proclamation - Mr. Jewell Vernon Long AGENDA 9-20-94
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PROMANtikniON
WHEREAS, Jewell Vernon Long of Ocoee, Florida has accomplished a
lifetime goal; and
WHEREAS, his accomplishment is such that at the young age of 90 he
received his GED High School Diploma from Westside Vo-
Tech of the Orange County Public School System; and
WHEREAS, while lacking a High School Diploma Mr. Long has lived a full
and successful life with family and friends; and •
WHEREAS, he became a pastor and helped found the West Orange Baptist
Church of Oakland, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the attainment of his long held goal makes him the oldest
Florida resident to earn his GED and one of the five oldest
people to do so in the country.
THEREFORE, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, Florida
hereby proclaim special recognition for one of our senior citizens who epitomizes
the zest for life that we all hope that we can have at his age; and
FURTHER, I wholeheartedly congratulate Mr. Jewell Vernon Long of
Ocoee for his accomplishment and wish him well for the rest of his remarkable
life.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of
the City of Ocoee, Florida to be affixed this twentieth day of September, 1994.
S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor