RESOLUTION NO. __________, SERIES 2018
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A RESOLUTION HONORING ANTHONY FRENCH, SR. AND MARY RUTH FRENCH BY DEDICATING AMY AVENUE BETWEEN WEST MARKET STREET AND HERMAN STREET TO BE NAMED "ANTHONY FRENCH, SR. AND MARY RUTH FRENCH WAY" IN THEIR HONOR.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMEMBERS CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON, BARBARA SHANKLIN AND MARY WOOLRIDGE
WHEREAS, Mary Ruth Ramsey Stith French was the youngest of four children born to Charles and Mary Ellen Ramsey in Helena, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, Ruth French attended school in Mayslick, Kentucky in a school system that was segregated until her freshman year of high school; and
WHEREAS, Ruth French attended college at the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portsmouth, Ohio from 1960-1963 and passed her exams to become a registered nurse; and
WHEREAS, in 1963, Ruth French became the first Black registered nurse on staff at Hayswood Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Ruth French moved to Louisville and was married to Robert Stith until his passing in 1998, and they had two daughters and one son who gave them ten grandchildren and one great grandchild; and
WHEREAS, in 1971, Ruth French began working in dialysis and continued in that area of healthcare until her retirement in 2004; and
WHEREAS, Ruth French also serves her community as the parish nurse at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, board member of the Shawnee Neighborhood Association and organizer of its annual community health fair, member of the District 5 Neighborhood Advisory Committee, planning team for the Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center located at French Plaza, organizer of the community's "Shawnee Garden of Principles;" and
WHEREAS, in 2003, Ruth French married Anthony French, Sr. and expanded her family by adding four children, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren;
WHEREAS, Anthony French, Sr. was one of fifteen children born to Rev. and Mrs. (Lucy) John Thomas French in L...
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