MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2012 By
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2012 By: Senator(s) Jackson (11th), Jordan, To: Rules Butler (38th), Horhn, Simmons (12th), Turner, Dawkins, Simmons (13th), Jones, Butler (36th), Jackson (32nd), Fillingane, Frazier, Stone, Watson, Hill SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 585 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND 2 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON OVER THE PAST 48 3 YEARS AND EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI 4 LEGISLATURE TO HER FAMILY UPON HER DEATH. 5 WHEREAS, Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 6 1963, in Newark, New Jersey; and 7 WHEREAS, Whitney Houston was the youngest daughter to famed 8 singer Cissy Houston and John Russell Houston, Jr., cousin of Dee 9 Dee and Dionne Warwick, and god-daughter of Aretha Franklin; and 10 WHEREAS, Whitney Houston began following in her mother's 11 footsteps at the age of 11 by performing at her Church, New Hope 12 Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, and a short time later began 13 performing in shows alongside her mother in New York City in the 14 1970s and early 1980s; and 15 WHEREAS, as a teenager, Ms. Houston earned album credits for 16 vocals with the Michael Zager Band, Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls, Herbie 17 Mann, the Neville Brothers, Bill Lawswell's Material, Jermaine 18 Jackson, and various other artists; and 19 WHEREAS, Ms. Houston began modeling in the 1980s and became 20 the first woman of color to grace the cover of Seventeen Magazine; 21 and 22 WHEREAS, at an early point in her concert career, Whitney 23 performed in the Mississippi Coliseum warming up for Luther 24 Vandross and stole the show; and 25 WHEREAS, as an accomplished model, Ms.
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