Item M05
Rev 3/99
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 3/15/2000
Division: DISTRICT I
Bulk Item: Yes X
No
Department: COMM. HARVEY
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution in recognition of
the late Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Recognition is given to the family of the late
Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock who belonged to many organizations. Her
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 water
birds, and sparked the rapid growth of the Audubon movement in
America.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: YES
NO
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DISPOSITION:
Comm. Wilhelmina G. Harvey
RESOLUTION NO.
-2000
A RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION
OF THE LATE RUBY V. BRADLEY-WHITLOCK
WHEREAS, Ruby V. Bradley-Whitlock, passed away on February 19, 2000, at the age of 96;
and
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.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Wilhelmina G. Harvey
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:
Mayor/Chairman
Deputy Clerk