Resolution 247-1998
Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. 247
- 1998
A RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF
THE LATE WilLIAM "TED" ERNST, JR.
WHEREAS, Ted Ernst, Jr" a well-loved resident of the Florida Keys, passed away
unexpectedly at the age of 53; and :J: 0 = :!!
WHEREAS, Ted was a graduate of the University of Michigan an~~~ u~e~ of
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WHEREAS, Ted practiced law since 1972 in the Lower Keys and Key ~~jn~ g
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WHEREAS, Ted was a member of the Hi-Noon Lions and the Scottish ~e~e ~as~ry,
Anchor Lodge No. 182; and
WHEREAS, Ted was an active sports enthusiast and responsible for founding the over
"30" and "40" basketball leagues, as well as "The Conch Cartel" basketball team, which
participated in the Good Will Games - Senior Olympics played in Orlando and Arizona; and
WHEREAS, Ted was well known for his basketballs articles "Huff & Puff Hoop Loop
Scoop" and was a contributing reporter to the Key West Citizen Island New. Miamifjerald;
and
WHEREAS, Ted was a highly regarded member of the Florida Keys community, known
for his love of sports, education, family and friends; 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 Ted Ernst, Jr. and in recognition of his extensive
dedication and vast public ser./ice to the people of Key West,
Section 2. The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to his beloved family - his widow Marilyn Papy Ernst, and his daughters, Lisa Ernst Cherry,
Michelle Ernst Cherry, Amber Ernst, and Erica Ernst, to express the Board's SOITOW.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the lOthday of June, 1998.
Mayor Jack London
Commissioner Keith Douglass
Commissioner Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
) ">-. i' Qor:nmissioner Mary Kay Reich
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Att'6st: DANNY'L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MO E COUNTY, FLORIDA
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