Text Box: Volume 8, Number 1 Winter 2004 Text Box: Page 1 Text Box: In Memory of Lowell Strickland, Founder, First President and Benefactor of Museum Text Box: Resolution On the Loss of Lowell Strickland by the South Boston Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History at the Board of Directors Meeting Held December 18, 2003 WHEREAS, the South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History is the product of the 1981 challenge from a local businessman, Lowell Strickland, to the South Boston Tuesday Woman’s Club; and WHEREAS, his letter to the South Boston Tuesday Woman’s Club inspired them to found a local history museum, and WHEREAS, Lowell Strickland served as the first president of the South Boston Historical Museum and continued as a benefactor throughout his life, and WHEREAS, his support has benefited the South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History in many ways, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that our appreciation and affection for this departed founder be made known by this tribute, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions be incorporated in the minutes of the next Board of Directors meeting, printed in the local newspapers and presented to the family of Lowell Strickland. Passed by unanimous vote, December 18, 2003 South Boston-Halifax County Board of Directors 2003-2004 Patricia Barksdale Josephine Marshall Andrew Bohanon Helen Miller Tay Bost Jeraline Moorefield Myrtle Cassada Leslie Powell, Jr. Martha Coates James Sheppard Ann Conner Thomas Stutts Harold Crowder Carroll Thackston Gary Crutchfield Jean Watlington James Davis Mary Lee Williams Lester Dillard Woodrow Williams Gerald Gilliam Mildred Woltz Ryland Harris Eloise Hedderly Museum Staff Clarke Hogan Marjorie Holtman-Director Shirla Hudson Andrea Smith-Assistant to Director T. C. Leggett, Sr. Louise Slayton-Receptionist
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