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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Kori Freeman Crow of Austin |
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on September 21, 2021, at the age of 43, has brought a heartbreaking |
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loss to her family, friends, and colleagues; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 14, 1978, in Landstuhl, Germany, to |
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Mike and Starr Freeman, the former Kori Freeman grew up with the |
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companionship of a sister, Lacey; during her childhood, she moved |
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with her family to El Paso and then to Central Texas, where she |
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graduated from Round Rock High School in 1996; while at Round Rock |
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High, she served as editor of the school newspaper and had a |
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memorable stint as the school's dragon mascot; she also |
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participated in a number of local political campaigns; and |
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WHEREAS, From the age of eight, when she idolized |
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then-President Ronald Reagan, she had set her sights on a career in |
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politics; she majored in communications at Concordia University |
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Texas in Austin, and she went on to meet her future husband, Chad |
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Crow, while running her first political campaign; the couple were |
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married on May 26, 2002, at a ceremony in Round Rock; together with |
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her husband, Ms. Crow founded a political consulting firm called KC |
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Strategies that has worked on more than 300 campaigns over the |
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course of two decades; in 2017, she was honored with the Texas |
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Blazing Star Award from the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas, |
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and that same year, she was recognized as one of the 40 best |
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campaign professionals under age 40 by the American Association of |
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Political Consultants; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Crow and her husband shared a love of travel |
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that led them to live in six different countries and to visit at |
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least 60 others; despite the demands of her work, she was able to |
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have many adventures in far-flung places, which included earning a |
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culinary arts degree in Argentina, becoming a certified master |
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scuba instructor in Honduras, and attending an audience in Rome |
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with Pope John Paul II; in 2019, the Crows were blessed with a son, |
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Francis, while they were living on Vancouver Island in Canada; and |
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WHEREAS, Kori Crow lived a rich and vibrant life, and she will |
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forever be remembered with deep affection by all who were fortunate |
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enough to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Kori Freeman Crow and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of |
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her family: to her husband, Chad Crow; to her son, Francis Crow; to |
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her parents, Mike and Starr Freeman; to her sister, Lacey Eaton, and |
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her husband, Bill; to her niece, Samantha Davis, and nephew, Toby |
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Eaton; to her father- and mother-in-law, Joe and Pat Crow; to her |
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uncles and aunts, Pat and Cindy Keith and Joey and Norma Keith; to |
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her cousin, Kelly Higdon; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Kori Crow. |