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Senate to recess for State of the State joint session; members agree to adjourn in memory of Montford Point Marine
Summary
The Mississippi Senate voted to stand in recess to join a 5 p.m. joint session on the South Steps for the governor’s State of the State address and agreed to adjourn in memory of Vonzi Rigsby, a Montford Point Marine who died last week.
The Mississippi State Senate voted to stand in recess until a joint session on the South Steps of the Capitol at 5 p.m. to hear the governor’s State of the State address and agreed to adjourn in memory of Vonzi Rigsby, a Montford Point Marine who died last week.
Senator Blackwell moved that the Senate stand in recess until the joint session at 5 p.m., and the motion carried by voice vote. The motion also stated that, at the conclusion of the joint session, the Senate journal would reflect that the body stands adjourned until 10 a.m. the following morning.
Separately during announcements, Senator Barnett told the chamber that Rigsby — who had been honored in this chamber about three years earlier as the oldest serving Montford Point Marine in the state — had died last week and "it is my request that we adjourn in his memory today." The presiding officer asked those present to come forward to register the adjournment in memory, and no objection was recorded.
Clerk and sergeant-at-arms instructions accompanied the scheduling announcements. Senators were reminded to assemble for the joint session on the South Steps at 5 p.m.; the journal entry after the joint session will reflect the Senate’s adjournment until 10 a.m. the next day.
The Senate paused its regular order to prepare for the joint session; committee and calendar business was deferred until after the joint session and subsequent adjournment.
