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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Debbie |
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Jean Box of Waxahachie, who passed away on February 9, 2021, at the |
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age of 66; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of James Euwing Smith and Lois Jean |
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Smith, the former Debbie Jean Smith was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, |
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on March 2, 1954, and grew up in Stigler, Oklahoma, with three |
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siblings, Judy, Liz, and James; and |
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WHEREAS, She married David Box and they became the parents of |
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four daughters, Wendy, Stephanie, Nickie, and Jennifer; through the |
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years, Ms. Box knew the joy of welcoming into her treasured family |
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11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Box settled in Waxahachie in 1984; after 20 |
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years in banking, she joined her husband in the insurance business, |
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and they owned agencies for almost two decades; along the way, she |
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made time to volunteer extensively with numerous organizations, |
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including the Waxahachie Gingerbread Trail, March of Dimes, Red Oak |
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Area Chamber of Commerce, Helping Hands of Ennis, Waxahachie |
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Downtown Merchants Association, and Ellis County Art Association; |
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she had many talents and loved to paint with watercolors, learn new |
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knitting patterns, and throw pottery; in addition, she enjoyed |
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traveling with her husband, shopping, talking with her girls, |
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walking the beach with her best friend, and hearing about her |
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grandchildren's accomplishments; and |
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WHEREAS, Debbie Box lived a rich and purposeful life centered |
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around her family, her friends, and her community, and she will long |
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be remembered with deep affection by all who knew her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Debbie Jean Box and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, David Brent Box; to her daughters and their husbands, |
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Wendy and Neil Poynor, Stephanie and Chad Alexander, Nickie and JJ |
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Weyrauch, and Jennifer and Joe Knapp; to her sisters, Judy Beller |
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and Liz Hendrix, and her brother, James Smith; to her |
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grandchildren, Nathan, Cannon, and Kayson Weyrauch, Megan Nickels, |
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Daken and Keller Milligan, Hunter Poynor, Jeffery, Jakob, and |
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Jaycee Knapp, and Lily Alexander; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Atalie and Wyatt Nickels; 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 Debbie Box. |