Resolution 159-2005
Mavor Dixie M. Soehar
Resolution No. 159.2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE NANCY ORDWAY
JAMESON
WHEREAS, Nancy Ordway Jameson, known for her dedication to preserving Key West's
architecture, culture and history, passed away on April 19, 2005; and
WHEREAS, Nancy Jameson was instrumental in establishing the Oldest House as a
museum, and after working many years as a volunteer, became its director for fourteen years; and
WHEREAS, Nancy Jameson contributed financial and intellectual resources toward
establishing a memorial to hundreds of Africans who died in Key West in 1860, and was
instrumental in a state historical marker being placed at the memorial site; and
WHEREAS, Nancy Jameson was active in many other aspects of the community, most
notably: Key West Woman's Club (serving several years as president), Wesley House Family
Services, Key West Art and Historical Society, Friends of the Library, and S1. Mary's Soup
Kitchen, as well as co-founding the Prithie & Forsooth Society; and
WHEREAS, Nancy Jameson's early life, prior to marrying writer Colin Jameson whom she
met during a cruise through the Panama Canal and thereafter moving to Key West, included
working for the government decoding secret messages during World War IT, stamng in a 1940-41
radio show as Helen Holden, Government Girl, marrying a New Yorker and having three sons; now
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:OF MOI;9.0E:
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Section 1: Hereby adopts this Resolution as an expression to the family~r .e~
sympathy in the passing of the late Nancy Jameson. g~~; :;:1.;)
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Section 2: Hereby directs the Clerk to forward to the family of Nancy J~ d:2opg
of this Resolution expressing the Board's sorrow. ~ ~ ~ ~~
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a
meeting of said Board held on the 18th day of May, A.D., 2005. MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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/~;;'( C:::\i~' ;) J~"\ \\ .ss~oner DaVId P. Rice Yes Date ~_7!1.._ ~
:1;\'/' l~" ~,~( oIinmlssloner Murray E. Nelson Yes
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