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       A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in loving memory and

honor of Jean W. Calvert.

       With deepest respect and admiration, we pay homage and tribute to Jean W.

Calvert, and we pause in silent reverence for her soul.

       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was born on September 22, 1915, a native of

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, and she traversed these earthly bounds on February

11, 2005; and

       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was the loving daughter of the late William Walter
and Marybelle Cady Weis; she was the devoted wife of the late Charles Clinton Calvert

Jr., and she also was preceded in death by a son, William Clinton Calvert; she is survived

by a loving son, Charles A. Calvert of Maysville, and a loving daughter, Carol Calvert

Collins of Edgewood; she was the proud grandmother of eight grandchildren, Lisa

Collins, Kim Collins, James Collins IV, Andrew Collins, Charlie Calvert, Cady Calvert,

Blair Manning, and Shae Manning; and she also was the proud great-grandmother of six

great-grandchildren; and

       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was a devout member of Trinity United Methodist

Church, where she served on the board and was the archives chairman, and also where

her funeral service was held on Valentines Day, February 14, 2005, a befitting day for

such a wonderful, loving, and caring lady; and

       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was a graduate of Maysville High School class of

1933; she was a 1935 graduate of Ward Belmont Junior College in Nashville, Tennessee;

and she was a 1937 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she also was the

recipient of an honorary doctor of humanities degree in 1996; and

       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was an esteemed member of the Mason County

community, and she brought to her community the enthusiasm she displayed throughout
life; she was a member of the Limestone Chapter of the Daughters of the American

Revolution (DAR), the Daughters of American Colonists, and the Friends of Public

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Archives; she was instrumental in the formation of the Mason County Museum, now

known as the Museum Center, and she wrote a column which appeared in The Ledger

Independent each week, entitled "Museum Musings," which ultimately was responsible

for the donation of hundreds of items now on display in the archives; she was the first

woman to join the board of the Maysville-Mason County Library, Historical, and

Scientific Association, where she also became a trustee emeritus of the organization; and

she also was involved in the Maysville Players, the Haywood Hospital Auxiliary, and the

American Association of University Women; and
       WHEREAS, Jean W. Calvert was named Beta Sigma Phi Lady of the Year in 1965,

and she was the recipient of the DAR Historic Preservation Medal in 2004; she was

honored with the Ida Lee Willis Award for preservation in 1998, and the Award of

Distinction by the Kentucky Historical Society in 1987; she received the Maysville High

School Alumni Award in 1987, and she was honored by the City of Maysville for her

volunteer efforts in 1997; and

       WHEREAS, the passing of Jean W. Calvert has left a void that cannot be filled, and

she is mourned across the length and breadth of the Commonwealth;

       NOW, THEREFORE,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky:
       Section 1. The House of Representatives does hereby express its profound sense of

sorrow upon the passing of Jean W. Calvert, and extends to her family and many friends

its most heartfelt sympathy.

       Section 2.   When the House of Representatives adjourns this day, it does so in

loving memory and honor of Jean W. Calvert.

       Section 3. The Clerk of the House of Representatives is hereby directed to transmit
copies of this Resolution to Mr. Charles A. Calvert, 285 Bon Haven Drive, Maysville,

Kentucky 41056 and to Mrs. Carol Calvert Collins, 3213 Laurel Oak Court, Edgewood,

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