Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi SR63: Commend the life of Black Hawk pilot U.S. Army Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves.
Status: Passed both chambers, March 6, 2025
A RESOLUTION REMEMBERING THE GALLANT SERVICE AND COMMENDING THE LIFE OF UNITED STATES ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 ANDREW LOYD EAVES OF BROOKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, WHO WAS LOST IN ACTION IN A TRAINING MISSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON JANUARY 29, 2025, AND EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
What the bill says
A resolution remembering the gallant service and commending the life of united states army chief warrant officer 2 andrew loyd eaves of brooksville, mississippi, who was lost in action in a training mission in washington, d.c., on january 29, 2025, and expressing the sympathy of the legislature.
From the engrossed text:
A RESOLUTION REMEMBERING THE GALLANT SERVICE AND COMMENDING THE LIFE OF UNITED STATES ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 ANDREW LOYD EAVES OF BROOKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, WHO WAS LOST IN ACTION IN A TRAINING MISSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON JANUARY 29, 2025, AND EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE LEGISLATURE. WHEREAS, services were held on February 13, 2025, in Mississippi for 39-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot lost in action in an in-air collision in Washington, D.C.; and WHEREAS, his family held a private service in West Point, Mississippi, before Warrant Officer Eaves was laid to rest with full military honors at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery near Crawford, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, Honorary pallbearers included members of the Army's 12th Aviation Battalion; and WHEREAS, Warrant Officer Eaves and two other Army airmen were piloting a Black Hawk helicopter on January 29, 2025, when it collided with a commercial American Airlines flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. The three servicemen were lost in the crash. The Army airmen were on a training mission out from Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where they were members of the 12th Aviation Battalion; and WHEREAS, Warrant Officer Eaves was born in Columbus, Mississippi, and grew up in Brooksville, Mississippi. He attended Central Academy in Macon and …
Sponsors
- Hickman, Rod (D, 32) · primary sponsor
- Sparks, Daniel H. (R, 5)
- Seymour, Joseph M. (R, 47)
- Randy Boyd (R, 19)
- Frazier, Hillman Terome (D, 27)
- Chism, Kathy L. (R, 3)
- John Horhn (D)
- Sarita Simmons (D, 13)
- Keith Jackson (D, 45)
- Norwood, Sollie B. (D, 28)
- McLendon, Michael (R, 1)
- England, Jeremy (R, 51)
Latest actions
- : Adopted
- : Title Suff Do Be Adopted
- : Referred To Rules
Votes
- Adopted (March 20, 2026): 45 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Adopted (March 20, 2026): 45 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Adopted (March 6, 2025): 51 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SR63?
- SR63 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Commend the life of Black Hawk pilot U.S. Army Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves.
- What does SR63 do?
- In its own words: A resolution remembering the gallant service and commending the life of united states army chief warrant officer 2 andrew loyd eaves of brooksville, mississippi, who was lost in action in a training mission in washington, d.c., on january 29, 2025, and expressing the sympathy of the legislature.
- What is the status of SR63?
- Passed both chambers as of March 6, 2025. Latest action: Adopted (March 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored SR63?
- Hickman, Rod (D, 32), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR63?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SR/SR0063.xml
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