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SR 263

A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lula Mae Jones-Ingram Taylor.

2025 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate expresses profound sympathy and adjourns in honor of Lula Mae Jones-Ingram Taylor, veteran, nurse, and community contributor; a copy sent to her family.

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Bill Summary · SR 263

Summary — SR 263: Resolution Adjourning the Senate in Honor and Loving Memory of Lula Mae Jones‑Ingram Taylor

Status: Adopted
Introduced: March 12, 2025
Classification: Senate resolution (memorial)

Purpose / Intent

SR 263 is a ceremonial Senate resolution formally expressing the Kentucky Senate’s sympathy on the death of Lula Mae Jones‑Ingram Taylor and adjourning the Senate in her honor. The resolution recognizes her life, public service, military and veterans’ care work, faith, community contributions, and surviving family.

Key provisions and text highlights

  • Section 1: The Senate expresses its “most profound sympathy” upon the passing of Lula Mae Jones‑Ingram Taylor.
  • Section 2: When the Senate adjourns on the day of adoption, it will do so “in honor and loving memory” of Ms. Taylor.
  • Section 3: Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Reginald Thomas for delivery to the family.

The body of the resolution summarizes Ms. Taylor’s biography and accomplishments, including:
- Born September 16, 1950, in Hurtsboro, Alabama; raised by grandparents Robert and Earlie B. Hunter.
- Graduated Russell High School (formerly Rosenwald Russell County Training School) in 1968.
- Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era as a Medical Specialist; stationed at Aberdeen (MD), Fort Knox (KY), and bases in Germany (Landstuhl, Frankfurt, Aschaffenburg).
- Earned multiple military medals/ribbons (e.g., Artillery Expert, Good Conduct, Army Commendation, NCO Professional Development, National Defense, Overseas Service).
- Worked as a nurse at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center after military service.
- Personal notes: married to the late Allen Ingram (1973) and later to Earnest Taylor (deceased); described as deeply spiritual, active in church, gifted in sewing and cooking; noted survivors and family members are listed.

Who is affected

  • Primary: the family and survivors of Lula Mae Jones‑Ingram Taylor, to whom an official copy of the resolution will be sent.
  • Institutional: the Kentucky Senate (the chamber formally adjourned in her honor).
  • Public: serves as a formal, public recognition of Ms. Taylor’s life and contributions; no regulatory or fiscal effects.

Impact and legal effect

  • SR 263 is purely ceremonial and non‑binding. It creates no legal obligations, expenditures, or policy changes. Its effect is honorary: recording the Senate’s formal condolence and adjourning in her memory.

Legislative / procedural history (selected)

  • Received by Secretary of the Senate: 2025‑03‑12
  • Read & adopted / Reported enrolled: 2025‑03‑27 (adopted)
  • Additional actions recorded through 2025‑04‑30 (filing and assignments) per docket entries.

Sponsors

Provided sponsor list (as submitted): Mike Hodges, RaShaun Kemp, Clint Dixon, Elena Parent, Bo Hatchett, Frank Ginn, Freddie Powell Sims, Chuck Hufstetler, Tonya Anderson, John F. Kennedy, Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (cosponsor), Mattie Hunter. (Note: the resolution text directs delivery via Senator Reginald Thomas.)

If you want, I can produce a one‑page printable summary for the family or prepare talking points for presentation on the Senate floor.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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