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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Kristen Michelle |
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Bryant were deeply saddened by her passing on March 16, 2022, at the |
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age of 38; and |
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WHEREAS, Michelle Bryant was born to Kevin and Cristi Bryant |
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in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on June 14, 1983, and at the age of seven, |
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she moved to Texas with her parents; as a youth, she accompanied her |
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family on medical mission trips to Central America, and she later |
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traveled with members of her church to Russia to work at orphanages; |
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a graduate of Uplift North Hills Preparatory in Irving, she went on |
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to receive a business degree from Syracuse University; and |
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WHEREAS, Following her college graduation, Ms. Bryant lived |
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and worked in New York City and Dallas; she later relocated to |
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Washington, D.C., and earned a master's degree in international |
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affairs at American University; over the course of her studies, she |
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served as a research assistant in the country of Georgia, visited |
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Turkey, and became fluent in Russian after taking language |
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immersion courses at universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg; |
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ultimately, she was employed at the World Bank; and |
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WHEREAS, Possessed of a keen intellect and an insatiable |
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curiosity, Ms. Bryant was passionate about traveling, writing, and |
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reading and especially enjoyed philosophical and foreign |
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literature; moreover, she shared a deep love of music with her three |
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siblings, Clayton, Jonathan, and Patrick; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Michelle Bryant will be deeply missed, she |
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has left her loved ones with a wealth of memories that they will |
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forever treasure; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Kristen Michelle |
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Bryant and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her father and stepmother, Kevin and Deni Bryant; to her |
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mother and stepfather, Cristi Dungan-Boliver and Tommy Boliver; to |
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her brothers, Clayton, Jonathan, and Patrick Bryant; to her |
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grandmothers, Ann Dungan and Aletha Lydick; to her aunts and |
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uncles, Pam and Mark Smith, Jenifer and Matt Howry, and Renee and |
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Rick Pearce; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 Kristen |
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Bryant. |