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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bertha M. Dorian of Houston is celebrating her 90th |
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birthday on March 16, 2024; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of George and Naomi Normand, the former |
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Bertha Normand was born in Beaumont in 1934; she moved to Houston in |
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1952, and she met her future husband, Louis Dorian, at Our Mother of |
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Mercy Catholic Church; the couple became the parents of four |
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children, Shyrel, John Louis, Bridgette, and Tyrone, and they |
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adopted two more children, Brenda and Wanda; and |
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WHEREAS, After completing her education at Old Taylor School |
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of Nursing, Mrs. Dorian worked at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, |
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St. Elizabeth Hospital, and St. Joseph's Hospital before joining a |
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private physician's practice; she went on to obtain certification |
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in psychiatric social work, and she was employed for 26 years by |
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Harris County MHMR; in addition, she and her husband were the proud |
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proprietors of C & L Shoe Repair in the Fifth Ward; following |
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Mr. Dorian's death in 1991, Mrs. Dorian joined with Tyrone and |
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Lillie Dorian to carry on the business until 2003; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Dorian's fine family has |
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grown to include seven grandchildren and seven |
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great-grandchildren; at the age of 65, this caring woman began |
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raising her great-granddaughter Matea Barrett-Dangerfield, who was |
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then an infant, and they have been inseparable ever since; and |
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WHEREAS, For 40 years, Mrs. Dorian sang in the Our Mother of |
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Mercy Gospel Choir, and she has given freely of her time and talents |
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to the Northeast Chapter of the Drexler Society; her church |
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presented her with its Woman of the Year Service Award, and her |
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accolades also include the George Foreman Award for Community |
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Service; she currently participates in the senior program and the |
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water aerobics classes at the Julia C. Hester House community |
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center in the Fifth Ward; moreover, she recently took part in a |
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creative initiative sponsored by the Glassell School of Art at the |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the story and collage produced |
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during the project will be exhibited at the museum in early 2024; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, |
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Bertha Dorian is a source of joy and inspiration to all who have the |
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great privilege of knowing her and sharing in the richness of her |
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life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Bertha |
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M. Dorian on her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Dorian as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |