SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 237
 
 
  In Memory
  of
  Dovie Lee Greene Jackson
 
         WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
  citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Dovie Lee Greene
  Jackson, who died December 23, 2018; and
 
         WHEREAS, Dovie Lee Greene Jackson was a lifelong Texan and
  a 30-year employee of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts;
  she was known for her intelligence, fairness, and compassion and
  for dedicating her life to serving others; and
 
         WHEREAS, She was born September 8, 1952, in Odessa, Texas,
  and was the third of six children of Shellie T. Greene and Ruby
  O'Neal Greene; and
 
         WHEREAS, She graduated from Ector High School in 1971, and
  she began working for the comptroller's Odessa Enforcement
  Office in 1977, during a time when women and people of color were
  still coming up through the ranks; and
 
         WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson received her bachelor of business
  administration degree in management from The University of Texas
  of the Permian Basin in 1981, and she fulfilled all the
  requirements for her degree while working full-time as an
  enforcement officer; and
 
         WHEREAS, In 1982, she was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha
  Sorority, Incorporated, Rho Iota Chapter, and she later was
  honored as a Silver Soror; and
 
         WHEREAS, She completed the Graduate School of Business
  Governor's Executive Development Program at The University of
  Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1992; and
 
         WHEREAS, Dovie received the Distinguished Former Odessan
  award in 1998 from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation, and The
  University of Texas of the Permian Basin Alumni Association
  honored Mrs. Jackson as its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus for her
  professional achievements and loyal service to the university; and
 
         WHEREAS, She was a longtime member of Mount Zion Baptist
  Church in Austin and served as a member of the church's board of
  trustees, finance committee, and building committee; and
 
         WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson was President Emeritus of Black
  American Comptroller Employees, and she was the first African
  American and first woman to be named Deputy Comptroller for the
  State of Texas; and
 
         WHEREAS, She was the first director of the Comptroller's
  Employee Engagement Division, and she served as a mentor to the
  agency's next generation of employees; she worked across the
  agency to make the workplace better for all; and
 
         WHEREAS, Dovie Jackson was a source of inspiration to
  others and gave selflessly of her heart, her time, her service,
  and her resources; now, therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
  Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the members of
  her family: her husband, Isaac Jackson; her daughter, Tracy
  Ellis-Harrison; her sons, Isaac D. Jackson and Christopher N.
  Jackson; her grandchildren, Shamar Harrison, Brittney C.
  Jackson, Briana Jackson, and Dorian C. Jackson; her siblings,
  Dr. Dorothy Greene Jackson, Shellie Greene, Henretta Greene
  Holmes, and Marilyn Greene Clark; and a host of nieces, nephews,
  and cousins; and, be it further
 
         RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
  Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
  memory of Dovie Lee Greene Jackson.
 
  Watson
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on February 21, 2019,
    by a rising vote.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate