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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Sarah Garrahan, a longtime Bexar |
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County judge and a dear friend to many, passed away on March 26, |
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2021, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Stockdale on November 2, 1936, to Bird and |
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Clara Wiley Rose, the former Sarah Rose grew up with the |
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companionship of four siblings, Irene, Norman, Violet, and Joyce; |
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she graduated as valedictorian of her class in high school, and |
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shortly thereafter, she married Richard M. Garrahan and moved to |
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San Antonio; she went on to raise three children, Judye, Valerie, |
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and Donald, and while balancing the responsibilities of motherhood, |
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she continued her studies and became a member of the first |
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graduating class at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 1977; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Garrahan subsequently enrolled at St. Mary's |
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University School of Law, obtaining her juris doctorate, and was |
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licensed with the State Bar of Texas in 1981; she worked for a time |
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as a federal attorney for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, |
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serving on the prosecution team for the trial for the murder of U.S. |
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District Judge John H. Wood Jr.; in 1986, she won election to her |
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first term as judge of County Court at Law No. 4, and she held the |
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position for more than three decades, often running unopposed; she |
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retired from the bench in 2014 but continued to serve as a visiting |
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judge for several years; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her three children, Judge Garrahan |
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was blessed with the love and support of three grandchildren, |
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Kelly, Sarah, and Lindsey, and a great-grandson, Jalen; after the |
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end of her first marriage, she shared a rewarding relationship with |
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her second husband, John Moulder, who preceded her in death in 1994; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Sarah Garrahan earned the respect and admiration of |
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innumerable people over the course of her long career in public |
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service, and her contributions to Bexar County will be remembered |
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for years to come; 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 Judge Sarah Garrahan |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Judye Garrahan Mobley, Valerie Kim Garrahan Pisano, and |
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Donald Rick Garrahan and his wife, Linda Hart Garrahan; to her |
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children's father, Richard M. Garrahan; to her grandchildren, Kelly |
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Wilson and her husband, Alan, Sarah Lynn Garrahan, and Lindsey |
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Mobley; to her great-grandson, Jalen Wilson; to her siblings, Irene |
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Gage, Norman Kallies, and Violet Glover; and to her other relatives |
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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 Judge Sarah |
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Garrahan. |