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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Lorelei Hankins of Rocksprings on April 27, 2021, at the |
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age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Lorelei Hankins was born to Lowell F. and Sarah |
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Boutwell Hankins on September 2, 1933; she grew up with her sister, |
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Louise, on the family's ranch in Edwards County and attended school |
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in Rocksprings; a skilled horsewoman, she joined the rodeo team |
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while attending Texas Tech University; and |
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WHEREAS, From an early age, Ms. Hankins learned ranching from |
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her father and uncles, who ran the prominent horse breeding |
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operation Hankins Brothers Production Sales; she worked in the |
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family business for more than three decades, making sales and |
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transporting horses to breeding farms and trainers throughout the |
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United States; she later became the owner of the Lorelei Hankins |
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Ranch, where she continued to breed quarter horses, as well as |
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Rambouillet sheep, Angora goats, and cattle; her ranch has received |
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the Heritage Breeder designation from the American Quarter Horse |
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Association, and in 2013, the organization honored her as a 50-year |
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Cumulative Breeder; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, Ms. Hankins led 4-H clubs |
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in Crockett and Edwards Counties, and she was a valued member of the |
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Ozona Woman's League, Ozona United Methodist Church, and First |
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Baptist Church of Rocksprings; moreover, she was a lifetime member |
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of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Hankins enjoyed the love |
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and support of her children, Cliff and Kay, and with the passing |
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years, she had the pleasure of seeing her family grow to include |
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four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Lorelei Hankins brings |
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immeasurable sorrow to her loved ones, she leaves behind a legacy |
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that will long be treasured by all those who held her dear; 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 life of Lorelei Hankins and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Kay Stewart and her husband, Eddie, and Cliff McMullan; |
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to her grandchildren, Lana Wagner and her husband, Will, Jake |
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Stewart and his wife, Lauren, Jess McMullan and his wife, Michelle, |
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and Luke McMullan; to her great-grandchildren, Patton, Lorelei, and |
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Worth Wagner, Mason McMullan, and Jett Stewart; and to her other |
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relatives and many 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 Lorelei |
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Hankins. |