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Senate adjourns in memory of former Gloucester Police Chief James A. Marr Sr.
Summary
The Senate adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of James A. Marr Sr., a longtime Gloucester police official who died March 1. Members requested a moment of silence and the chamber will reconvene Monday at 11:00 a.m.
The Senate adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of former Gloucester Chief of Police James A. Marr Sr., who died on March 1, the chamber recorded.
Senator Tom, the senator identified in the record as the senator from Essex and Middlesex, moved that the Senate adjourn in memory of Marr. The motion was adopted by voice vote; no roll-call tally was provided in the transcript. The presiding officer asked for a moment of silence in Marr’s memory.
Marr, 83, was described in the record as a lifelong Gloucester resident and a graduate of Gloucester High School. He earned a bachelor of science degree in human services and criminal justice from Springfield College. Marr joined the Gloucester Police Department in 1964 as a park constable and later became a police officer that year. He was appointed chief of police in July 1989 and served in that role until his retirement in February 2003. The record says he was the treasured husband of Pamela S. Costa Marr, with 59 years of marriage, and that he was a longtime member of the Gloucester Rotary Club and of the Massachusetts and International Chiefs of Police Association.
During the proceedings, the Senate asked for a moment of silence and then adjourned. An earlier order on the calendar directing the Senate to adjourn and meet again Monday next at 11:00 a.m. was adopted during the same session; the transcript records no separate roll-call for that order.
