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Permanent LinkSenator Wilberforce P. Gaylord View All Years
Senator Whaley offered the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Since the close of the session of the Eighteenth General Assembly the common enemy of the human race, death, has laid his hand upon Hon. Wilberforce P. Gaylord, of Floyd county, who ably represented the Forty-sixth District in this honorable body, and removed him from the ranks of the living; and
WHEREAS, It is eminently becoming that this honorable body shall recognize the sterling merits of the deceased Senator; therefore,
Resolved, That we deeply deplore his untimely death, in the midst of the duties of his official position in this chamber and his life work, and that we cordially acknowledge our appreciation of his many able charateristics and great moral worth. That we extend our most sincere condolence and heartfelt sympathy to the widow and fatherless in their bereavement; and
Resolved, That the preamble and resolutions be spread upon the journal; that the Secretary of the Senate be and is hereby directed to forward a copy of the same to the family of the deceased.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.