Resolution 102-2000
Comm. Wilhelmina G. Harvey
FILED FOR RECORD RESOLUTION NO, 102-2000
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OF THE LATE RUBY V, BRADLEY-WHITLOCK
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
MON\~JJb~&:ijJJ~ V. Bradley-Whitlock, passed away on February 19, 2000, at the age of 96;
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WHEREAS, Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock was a lifetime resident of Key West, and loved visiting
Texas where she would often ride Harley Motorcycles and horses; and
WHEREAS, Ruby was a member of First Baptist Church of Key West, the Key West Baptist
Temple, the Eastern Star, AARP, the Audubon Society and Up with Hope and Down with Dope; and
WHEREAS, Ruby's father-in-law, Guy Morrell Bradley, a game warden on the mainland, was
shot and killed by plume hunters on July 8, 1905. His death brought national attention to the
decimation of Florida's beautiful water birds which were then being slaughtered for the sake of
fashion; and
WHEREAS, Guy's death sparked the rapid growth of the Audubon movement in America
which later was instrumental in gaining the passage of bird protection laws that ended the plume
trade; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey, a cousin of Ruby's, remembers Ruby as
having so much energy, and how wonderful she was; and
WHEREAS, Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock leaves many, many loving family members and many
friends to cherish her memory; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and mourning
for the passing of the late Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock, a great and warm-hearted woman.
Section 2. The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to her
beloved family to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of March, 2000.
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