Resolution 022-1997
Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. ()22 -1997
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA. IN RECOGNITION OF THE
LATE MARY SPOTTSWOOD
WHEREAS. Mary Spottswood. thought of by many as the Grande Dame of Key West. has
passed away at the age of 73; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Spottswood came to the island of Key West in the late 1940s. where she
met her husband. Jack Spottswood, who ran radio station WKWF, was a Monroe County Sheriff,
a State Senator. and owner of the Casa Marina and LaConcha hotels; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Spottswood became a matriarch of the island through her many
philanthropic efforts, hosting, chairing or lending her name to endless causes. including being
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one of the founding mothers of the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Cent~ Founde~ Soc~ty,
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participating actively in AIDS charities, the National Foundation for CSneer Rete.archdhe
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Florida Sheriff's Association, Beta Sigma Phi, the Key West Woman's CIUb~l3d the. ~ Wejt Art
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and Historical Society, and was named "Most Generous Woman of the '(ear" by t~ Ke~~est
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Political Action Women's Club. in addition to many other recognittons from ~r grqteful
community; and
WHEREAS the Spottswood home was a center of Democratic political activity for many
local politicians. and was even visited by President Harry Truman, and Mrs. Spottswood served
as a state committeewoman for the Democratic Party, as well as a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention; and
WHEREAS. Mrs. Spottswood was a dedicated mother and grandmother to her three
sons, one daughter, their spouses, and fourteen grandchildren; and
WHEREAS. Mrs. Spottswood made for all who knew her a shining example of caring and
dedication to community and family; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA that:
The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and mouming for the
passing of the late Mary Spottswood. and in recognition of her extensive dedication and vast
public service to the people of Key West and Monroe County, Florida.
The Board hereby. requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to Mrs.
Spottswood's family to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County.
16th January
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the ~ ~ay of . 1997.
Mayor Douglass
Mayor Pro T em London
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Reich
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absent
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ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE. CLERK
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