Bill Text: MS SC610 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognize Mrs. Martha Segars, Mississippi's Leading Business Woman for 2009.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-25 - Enrolled Bill Signed [SC610 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SC610-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Wilemon, Powell, Burton, Butler, Chassaniol, Dearing, Frazier, Jackson (11th)
Senate Concurrent Resolution 610
(As Adopted by Senate and House)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND SALUTING MRS. MARTHA SEGARS OF IUKA, MISSISSIPPI, UPON HER SELECTION AS THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL'S LEADING BUSINESS WOMAN FOR 2009.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Martha Segars of Iuka, Mississippi, has been selected by the Mississippi Business Journal as one of Mississippi's Leading Business Women for 2009; and
WHEREAS, Martha is the wife of Dr. Kelly Segars of Iuka; and
WHEREAS, Martha was born in Red Bay, Alabama, but her family moved to Waco, Texas, where she grew up, after her father lost his job, during the Depression. She attended the University of Alabama and was in a dietetic internship at Vanderbilt University; and
WHEREAS, when Dr. Segars began her medical practice in Iuka, she began work as a dietary manager and therapeutic dietician at the hospital. She continued working at the hospital until 1988 when she became the local bank's Marketing Director and Administrative Assistant and also served as Administrative Vice President; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Segars has been and is one of Tishomingo County's leading citizens. She is well-known in North Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, she is the longest serving board member on the Tishomingo County Tourism Council and won the 2007 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Tishomingo County Development Foundation. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority and on the Tishomingo County Economic Development Authority. In the past, she has served on the Yellow Creek Port Board of Directors and the Yellow Creek Water Authority. She was awarded the statewide Volunteer of the Year honor by Governor Haley Barbour in 2008; and
WHEREAS, some of her Tishomingo County Tourism activities are: Visitor's Guide to Tishomingo County, 30,000 distributed; Fall Foliage Cruise on Pickwick Lake; and a driving route. The tours consisted of surveying routes with the most beautiful fall foliage colors; professional videos produced to share with the broadcast media in a three-state region and at Welcome and Visitor Centers; Trash & Treasures along the Tenn-Tom was successful for the past two years in Tennessee and Mississippi. The 234-mile, two-state yard sale was held along the highways that basically followed the route of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; she helped to promote tourism ads in several magazines and the Council joined in with other counties in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee to take advantage of regional marketing efforts for the Natchez Trace Parkway; Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance, joined with other counties to take advantage of regional marketing efforts for the history and heritage of the Northeast Mississippi region; and helped establish a Web site with the Tishomingo County Development Foundation that sponsors a virtual tour of the county online; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2007 Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Impact Report, visitors in Tishomingo County spent $10,096,800.00, an increase of $660,976.00 in one year, one of the largest percentage increases of any county in Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, Publisher M. Wayne Mitchell said, "I wish to congratulate Mrs. Segars on another prestigious milestone in her life. We appreciate what she has done and is doing for the county, and she is to be commended for her continuous service to the area"; and
WHEREAS, Martha and her husband have three children and five grandchildren and enjoy gardening and traveling; and
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we note the accomplishments of this business and civic leader who has brought energy to economic development in her community and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby recognize and salute Mrs. Martha Segars of Iuka, Mississippi, upon her selection as one of the Mississippi Business Journal's "Leading Business Women for 2009," and extend to her and her family our best wishes in their future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Mrs. Segars, forwarded to the Tishomingo County Tourism Council and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
