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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Lena Coleman-Wilson, who died September |
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8, 2021, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Lena Coleman-Wilson was born August 31, 1930, in |
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Seguin, Texas; she graduated from Homer G. Phillips School of |
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Nursing in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she received her license |
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as a registered nurse; after a six-year career in nursing, she |
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earned a degree in business from Oregon State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Resourceful and innovative, Lena became an |
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accomplished entrepreneur; among her many notable endeavors, she |
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served as a job developer and counselor, and her contributions to |
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her community through her work included writing proposals and |
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creating programs to assist female heads of households, |
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displaced homemakers, and blind and handicapped employees; she |
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also initiated developments in real estate, community centers, |
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and scholarship foundations, and she eventually founded her own |
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consulting business; and |
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WHEREAS, Lena was a woman of courage and strength who lived |
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her life in service unto others; her numerous accolades for her |
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community leadership included her selection as one of 85 "Women |
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of Distinction" by the Girl Scouts of America and a number of |
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lifetime achievement awards; as dedicated to her faith as she was |
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to her community, she served as a teacher and leader at Saint John |
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First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi for 30 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Lena was dearly loved and cherished by her |
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husband, Frank Alfred Wilson Sr., and by her stepchildren and an |
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abundance of other family members; her giving and compassionate |
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spirit continues to live on in the hearts of those she left |
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behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Lena Coleman-Wilson; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Lena Coleman-Wilson. |