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Senate
Resolution 110
By:
Senator Thomas of the 2nd
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Ms. Esther Perkins-Frazier for her service to her church and
community; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Ms. Esther Perkins-Frazier is a woman of great honor, courage, strength, and
truth who has tirelessly served her church and her community; and
WHEREAS,
her work has touched people around the globe, but she has especially made a
significant and lasting impact on those to whom she ministers in the local
community; and
WHEREAS,
she serves as an ardent member of the St. Philip Monumental A.M.E. Church in
Savannah, Georgia, where she holds the positions of Director of Music, Executive
Director of the Share the Harvest Community Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, the
Next Level Literacy Tutorial Center, and Operations Manager of Anointed
Publications bookstore; and
WHEREAS,
she is a well-known professional gospel and jazz recording artist with Serenity
Records and is regarded throughout the gospel music world as one of today's most
passionately energetic gospel divas; and
WHEREAS,
she has been a member, associate director, and a composer for the Grammy
nominated Savannah Community Choir with whom she has appeared on 11 nationally
distributed albums as a featured lead vocalist, arranger, and composer;
and
WHEREAS,
she is a graduate of Parent University and a current board member of the
Community Healthcare Center; and
WHEREAS,
as a devoted advocate for all children within the Savannah, Chatham County, and
coastal Georgia community, Ms. Perkins-Frazier works as a class mother and a
substitute teacher at Robert W. Gadsden Elementary School; and
WHEREAS,
because of her heroism in outreach ministry and her significant contribution to
the growth and development of the many local children she has guided and
tutored, she has twice captured the WTOC-TV Community Spirit award and has been
featured in the internationally distributed Rolling Out Magazine;
and
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia is honored and proud to have such a fine lady as one of its
citizens.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join in
recognizing and commending Ms. Esther Perkins-Frazier for her outstanding
contributions to her church, her community, and the State of
Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Esther
Perkins-Frazier.