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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Patricia Ann King of Kemp, who passed away on January |
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29, 2021, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on May 28, 1942, to William and Faye |
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White Huckaby, the former Patricia Ann Huckaby grew up with the |
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companionship of two siblings, Patrick and Priscilla; after |
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graduating from W. W. Samuell High School in 1960, she wed the love |
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of her life, Charles King, in September 1962; the couple went on to |
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share more than 58 years of marriage, during which time they |
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devotedly raised two sons, Ty and Chad; in her later years, |
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Mrs. King welcomed into her family six grandchildren, Trent, Brice, |
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Trevor, Dylan, Caedyn, and Kenzee, and two great-grandchildren, |
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Kyler and Blakely; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. King discovered her passion for music at an |
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early age and began playing the piano at her church as a teenager; |
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after first working as a secretary for Southern Union Gas Company, |
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she took a job as a music teacher for the Malakoff Independent |
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School District in 1976; she began teaching music at Kaufman |
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Christian School in 2000 and earned recognition as the school's |
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Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015; over the years, she shared her |
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gifts as a pianist at the various churches she attended, including |
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First Baptist Church Kemp, where she had worshipped for the past 13 |
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years; she also provided private lessons for more than four |
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decades, touching the lives of hundreds of students; and |
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WHEREAS, Family was always Mrs. King's greatest joy; she |
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cherished the time she spent with her grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren, and she was fond of Christmas and the |
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opportunity that it gave her to buy gifts for her loved ones; she |
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also delighted her family with her cooking, particularly her talent |
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for making desserts; an extraordinarily selfless woman, she always |
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prioritized the needs of others ahead of her own; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Patricia King is profoundly missed, she |
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will be remembered with lasting affection and admiration by all |
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those who held her dear; now, 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 life of Patricia Ann King and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, |
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Ty King his wife, Debbie, and Chad King and his wife, Kim; to her |
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grandchildren, Trent King, Brice King, Trevor King and his wife, |
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Chancie, Dylan LaFon, Caedyn King, and Kenzee King; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Kyler King and Blakely King; to her brother, |
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Patrick Huckaby, and sister, Priscilla Kirby; and to her other |
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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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Ann King. |