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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Patricia Ryan Keesee of Linden, who passed away on July 19, 2021, |
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at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Guy Gerald and Wilma Findley Ryan, |
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the former Patricia Ryan was born in Longview on June 11, 1940, and |
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she was raised with the companionship of her sister, Carolyn; she |
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went on to earn her bachelor's degree from East Texas Baptist |
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University and her master's degree from Texas A&M |
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University-Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, Mrs. Keesee taught at public |
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schools in Hooks, Marshall, and Linden; she was dedicated to her |
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profession, and she held membership in a number of educators' |
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associations; in addition, she belonged to the American Radio Relay |
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League, and she attended services at the First Baptist Church in |
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Linden; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Keesee shared a rewarding marriage with her |
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husband, Billy Joe Keesee, who preceded her in death; she was the |
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loving mother of three children, Kim, Todd, and the late Eddy |
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Keesee, and she was further blessed with four grandchildren, Kade, |
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Keri, Brooke, and Kelsey, and four great-grandchildren, Madison, |
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Corbin, Adalynn, and Kylie; and |
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WHEREAS, Patricia Keesee was a source of joy and inspiration |
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to her loved ones, and they will forever hold her close in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Patricia Ryan Keesee and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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her family: to her children, Kim Williams and her husband, John, and |
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Todd Keesee; to her grandchildren, Kade Keesee, Keri Dickson and |
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her husband, Ben, Brooke Price and her husband, Blake, and Kelsey |
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Stanton and her husband, Clifton; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Madison and Corbin Price, Adalynn Stanton, and Kylie Dickson; and |
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to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patricia |
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Ryan Keesee. |