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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal of Corpus Christi, an |
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esteemed educator and friend to many, passed away on January 21, |
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2020, at the age of 68; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Margaret and Drew Harrison, the |
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former Drusilla Harrison was born on July 25, 1951; she completed |
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both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&M |
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University-Kingsville; over the course of a 33-year career with the |
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Corpus Christi Independent School District, she taught in the |
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special education department of South Park Middle School and then |
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in the CCISD Homebound Program; she wrote a weekly column on |
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education for the Flour Bluff Sun and Coastal Bend Sun, and for two |
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decades, she served on the District-Level Planning and |
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Decision-Making Committee; in addition, she was vice president of |
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the Corpus Christi AFT; at the state level, she served on the |
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Teachers' Professional Practices Commission and the Texas |
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Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education; moreover, she |
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contributed to her community as a board member and advisor for CASA |
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of Nueces County; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Knight-Villarreal was active in politics from |
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an early age; she was district committeewoman of the Texas Young |
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Republicans, and she went on to work with the Nueces County |
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Republican Women and serve on the boards of both the Texas and |
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National Federations of Republican Women; she also helped organize |
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the Nueces County Republican Convention for many years and attended |
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county, state, and national Republican conventions as a delegate 40 |
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times; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, Ms. Knight-Villarreal shared |
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a fulfilling marriage with her husband, Homero C. Villarreal, and |
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the couple enjoyed traveling the world together; she took great |
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pride in her son, Adam, and her grandchildren, Asher and Erin, as |
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well as in her stepdaughters, Sandra and Ana Maria, and their |
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children; and |
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WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal greatly benefited her |
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fellow citizens through her professional and civic contributions |
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alike, and although her loss is keenly felt by those she left |
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behind, they will forever treasure their memories of her tremendous |
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warmth, kindness, and compassion; 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 Drusilla |
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Knight-Villarreal and extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones; |
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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 Drusilla |
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Knight-Villarreal. |