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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Doris Jane Sheridan on September 20, 2023, at the age of |
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81; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Doris Burchfield was born near Leonard on |
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September 8, 1942, to Byrd and Melvia Burchfield, and she grew up |
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with five siblings, Peggy, Bobby, Jimmy, J. W., and Dorothy; her |
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family lived in Pilot Grove and then relocated to Whitewright, |
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where she was salutatorian of her high school class; and |
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WHEREAS, She and her future husband, Lewis Sheridan, met in |
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high school; the couple exchanged wedding vows on August 26, 1960, |
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and they went on to share a rewarding marriage that spanned more |
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than six decades; deeply devoted to her family, Mrs. Sheridan was a |
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loving wife and a caring mother to her three children, Gerald, |
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Carla, and Bo; later in life, she was blessed with eight |
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grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a woman of faith, she |
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sang in her church choir and taught Sunday school for many years; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, After moving to Paris, Texas, Mrs. Sheridan was |
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employed by Ideal Bakery and then by Uarco; she later contributed |
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her accounting expertise to her work with the Texas Department of |
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Transportation, where she ultimately retired in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Doris Sheridan is greatly missed, memories |
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of her engaging smile, her deep compassion, and her unwavering love |
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for others will remain to comfort and inspire those she leaves |
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behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 4th |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Doris Jane |
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Sheridan and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her husband, Lewis Sheridan; to her children, Gerald Sheridan |
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and his wife, Tina, Carla Spann and her husband, Phil, and "Bo" |
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Sheridan and his wife, Tralisa; to her grandchildren, Keith |
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Sheridan and his wife, Stefanie, Kyle Sheridan and his wife, Jenna, |
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Kacie Bone and her husband, J. D., Brooke, Leslie, and Jansen Spann, |
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Leigha Youngblood and her husband, Kelby, and Landry Sheridan; to |
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her great-grandchildren; to her siblings, J. W. Burchfield and his |
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wife, Joyce, and Dorothy Huckaby and her husband, Jim; and to her |
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other relatives 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Doris Sheridan. |