Resolution 253-1997
Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. 253- 1997
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE
JOSEPHINE PARK DOUGHTRY.
WHEREAS, Ms. Josephine Camille Park Doughtry, a native and lifelong resident -of Key
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WHEREAS, Ms. Doughtry graduated from Ruth Hardgrove Institute and was a mer;flber of
the FSCW Lifetime Alumni of FSU; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Doughtry was an elementary school teacher for th~ Monfoe ct.8unty;~
School Board for 36 years; and
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WHEREAS, Ms. Doughtry was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-
great-grandmother; and
WHEREAS, Josephine Park Doughtry (Mrs. William) taught at the same school, the Division
Street School, which name was changed to Truman School (when Division Street was changed
by the Key West City Commission to Truman Avenue) for 36 years. Here Josephine was "THE
GRAND DAME OF TEACHING". Loving, respecting, and adoring this wonderful person, all
teachers here referred most of their problems to her for a solution. So great was this trust; and
WHEREAS, when Mrs. Josephine Doughtry retired, she apparently missed her school work
to the extent that frequently she would find an excuse to have all of us teachers over to her
home for an afternoon or evening to celebrate just being together; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Josephine Doughtry expressed so much devotion during her lifetime to her
family, her church, her teacher friends, and her other friends, she shall very likely be remembered
by all, and particularly to those students she taught and helped "bloom" into such beautiful
examples of womanhood and manhood; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, that:
Section 1.
The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and
mourning for the passing of the late Josephine Doughtry and in recognition of her extensive
dedication to education in Key West and Monroe County, Florida.
Section 2.
The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to
Ms. Doughtry's 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 16th day of July, 1997.
Mayor Keith Douglass
Mayor Pro Tem Jack London
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
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