IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION expressing the sympathy of the Legislature and fellow Commissioners of the Jackson County Commission on Human Relations and Citizens Complaints to family and friends of Commissioner Maynard Eugene Harvey, Sr. upon the occasion of his untimely death.
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RESOLUTION # 14953, March 22, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the members of the Legislature, along with Cynthia Clark Campbell, Roger James Davis, Rafaela Garcia, Robert M. Hernandez, Rosemary S. Lowe, Karen Payne, and Barbara A. Salva, Commissioners of the Jackson County Commission on Human Relations and Citizens Complaints (HRCC), are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Commissioner Maynard Eugene Harvey, Sr.; and,
WHEREAS, Maynard was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri, having attended W. W. Yates Elementary and R.T. Coles and Lincoln High Schools, as well as having received further education at the National Office Product Association Institute, Chicago, IL, and Kansas City Business College; and,
WHEREAS, Maynard began a sales career with The Kansas City Call newspaper and in April 1952 he began work with Gordon Rogers Company as a delivery person, clerk and sales representative, eventually becoming owner and president in February 1980, thus deserving recognition as the first African American office supplier in the downtown Kansas City area; and,
WHEREAS, Maynard enjoyed a life long commitment to the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, beginning at the age of eight, and through the years served the church in many leadership capacities such as deacon, President of Usher Board #2, Finance Committee, Brotherhood Ministry, Publicity Chairman, Church Radio Announcer, Church Administrator and Assistant to Pastor Wallace S. Hartsfield; and,
WHEREAS, he also served the community in a multitude of roles including Master of Blue Valley Lodge #64, 32nd...
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