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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 Alice |
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Jane Boulter Littlejohn of Marshall, who passed away on November 7, |
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2023, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Robert Spurgeon Boulter and Cecil |
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Taylor Boulter, the former Jane Boulter was born in Swan on |
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September 21, 1930; she met her future husband, Orin Littlejohn, as |
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a student at North Texas State Teachers College, and she went on to |
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complete her bachelor's degree in drama education at The University |
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of Texas at Austin; after Dr. Littlejohn completed his training as |
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a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, they married and lived in Apple |
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Valley, California; Mrs. Littlejohn taught school in Victorville |
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before returning to Texas for the birth of her first child, Robert; |
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she then earned her elementary school teaching certificate at |
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Stephen F. Austin State College and taught in Dallas for several |
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years while her husband completed medical school; once settled in |
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Marshall, they were blessed with a daughter, Eleeza; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Littlejohn was dedicated to her community and |
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served as president of the Marshall Medical Auxiliary and as a |
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member of the Harrison County Historical Society, the Marshall |
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Symphony Orchestra, La Belle Maison, and Republican Women of |
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Harrison County Texas; in addition, she taught Sunday school at |
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First Presbyterian Church and was involved in the women's ministry; |
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she and her husband were greatly inspired by the citywide Festivals |
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of Faith in the early 1970s and traveled to churches across the |
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Southwest as members of numerous Covenant Fellowship of |
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Presbyterians lay renewal teams; in the 1980s, they played key |
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roles in the founding of Evangelical Presbyterian Church of |
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Marshall; each morning, they prayed and read the Bible together, |
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memorizing passages; they were active in Marshall Prayer Force, A |
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Praying Life Seminars, and the National Evangelical Presbyterian |
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Church as well; a gracious hostess, Mrs. Littlejohn welcomed |
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countless relatives, friends, and acquaintances from across the |
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country and around the world into her home, for an evening or for |
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weeks; she was an incurable optimist who saw the best in others and |
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freely offered encouragement to everyone she met; and |
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WHEREAS, Jane Littlejohn brightened the days of innumerable |
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people through her kindness, wry sense of humor, and whimsical |
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flare for the dramatic, and although she is sadly missed by those |
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she left behind, they will treasure their memories of her devotion |
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to her family and faith; 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 Jane Littlejohn |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Dr. Robert Littlejohn and his wife, Teresa, and Eleeza |
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Littlejohn Rex and her husband, Robert; to her grandchildren, David |
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Littlejohn, Katelyn Kirnie, Logan Rex, Parker Rex, Katherine Hely, |
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and Alison Rex; to her seven great-grandchildren; and to her many |
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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 Alice Jane Boulter Littlejohn. |