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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Sara |
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Sandlin Ratliff of Mount Pleasant, who passed away on December 17, |
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2019, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, The former "Sally" Sandlin was born to True and Bob |
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Sandlin in Mount Pleasant on June 21, 1936; a graduate of Stephens |
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College and The University of Texas at Austin, she was a member of |
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Zeta Tau Alpha; she met her future husband, Bill Ratliff, when he |
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came to pick up his cousin at the sorority house, and he proposed on |
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Valentine's Day just three months later; the couple married in |
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August 1959, and they became the parents of three treasured |
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children, Bess, Bennett, and Thomas; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ratliff was a source of tremendous support and |
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encouragement to her husband as he pursued a second career in public |
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service and rose to become the state's lieutenant governor; along |
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the way, she kept meticulously detailed scrapbooks about his life |
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in politics, which proved most valuable to his biographer, and the |
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archive she assembled was eventually acquired by The University of |
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Texas at Tyler; dedicated to the betterment of Mount Pleasant, she |
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volunteered extensively in the community; she was also a Life |
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Member of the Texas Exes; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Ratliff knew the joy of |
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welcoming into her family a son-in-law, Mike, and two |
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daughters-in-law, Beccy and Stacy; she took great pride in her |
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grandchildren, Rachael and William Ratliff, Thomas Ratliff, Maggie |
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and Keenan Weiss, Tyler Hargrave, Meaghan and Grant Hargrave, Kelly |
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and Harrison Hargrave, Sara Ratliff, and Taylor Ratliff, and |
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great-grandchildren, Gavin Hargrave, Beckam Hargrave, Emma |
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Ratliff, and Pierce Hargrave; and |
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WHEREAS, Sally Ratliff brightened the days of innumerable |
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people with her warmth, kindness, and grace, and although she will |
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be deeply missed, she will forever hold a special place in the |
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hearts of all who were privileged to share in her love and |
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friendship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Sara Sandlin Ratliff and extend |
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sincere condolences to her family 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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Sally Ratliff. |