HR28: memorializing State Representative Lionel W. Johnson of Manchester.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 28

Memorializing State Representative Lionel W. Johnson of Manchester

Whereas, we have learned with great sorrow of the death of our friend and colleague Lionel W. Johnson, who was in his eighth term of dedicated service in the House of Representatives; and

Whereas, while the name of his committee changed over the years, the focus of his interest did not, and Lionel Johnson served three terms as a member of the Committee on Children Youth and Juvenile Justice, two terms on Judiciary and Family Law, and three terms on Children and Family Law; and

Whereas, Lionel Johnson was a gentleman and a gentle man, a warm and caring friend to all known for his engaging smile and infectious laughter; and

Whereas, Lionel Johnson, a World War II veteran born in Louisiana, came to Manchester’s Grenier Field with the United States Army Air Corps and made Manchester his home – the city where he worked, lived and raised his family; and

Whereas, Lionel Johnson, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Manchester Pastoral Council, served his community in many ways – as a business owner, a founder of the Manchester chapter of the NAACP, as a Ward official, and as President of the Greater Manchester Black Scholarship Foundation; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives in Regular Session convened, that Lionel W. Johnson be granted the highest praise and accolades for his dedicated service to his community and his state; and be it further

Resolved, that expressions of heartfelt sympathy be extended to his family and that a suitable copy of this Resolution be prepared for presentation to them.

Offered by the House of Representatives