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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 Pamela |
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Christine Brandes Tackett of Austin, who passed away on March 26, |
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2021, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 4, 1945, to Woodrow and Christine |
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Brandes, the former Pam Brandes grew up in Ganado with the |
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companionship of a brother, Woodrow; she was the senior class |
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president and salutatorian at Ganado High School, where she also |
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participated in the band, the drama club, and American Legion |
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Auxiliary Girls State and was awarded the title of Homecoming Grand |
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Duchess; she went on to attend Trinity University in San Antonio |
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before transferring to The University of Texas at Austin and |
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earning her bachelor's degree in business administration in 1968; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Tackett embarked on a 45-year career in public |
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education in 1968, when she was hired by the Texas Education Agency |
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as a secretary for its typing pool; by the time she retired in 2001, |
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she was serving as executive director of the State Board for |
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Educator Certification, an agency that regulates the certification |
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and standards of conduct of all public school educators in Texas; |
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after retiring, she consulted with school districts on the creation |
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of early college high schools; and |
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WHEREAS, While pursuing a highly successful career, |
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Ms. Tackett devoted herself to her family; she wed Steve Tackett in |
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September 1967, and during a marriage that spanned more than five |
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decades, the couple raised two treasured children, Cara and Ross, |
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and were further blessed with three precious grandchildren, |
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William, Austin, and Elizabeth; she and her husband were longtime |
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members of the First United Methodist Church of Austin and its |
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Downtowners Sunday school class, and they volunteered generously |
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with Mobile Loaves and Fishes, the Appalachia Service Project, the |
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Reconciling Ministries Network, and other ministries; and |
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WHEREAS, Pamela Tackett lived a life that was rich in |
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personal and professional achievements, and she will forever be a |
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source of inspiration to those she leaves behind; now, therefore, |
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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 Pamela Christine |
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Brandes Tackett and extend heartfelt sympathy to her family and |
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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 Pamela |
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Tackett. |