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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Saundra Gail Cullins Holland of Rockwall, who passed |
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away on March 17, 2023, at the age of 59; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Saundra Cullins was born in Heath on July |
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1, 1963, to Ila and Douglas Cullins, and she enjoyed a close bond |
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with her sisters, Dana and Terri; she graduated from Rockwall High |
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School in 1981, and the following year, she married Lance Holland, |
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whom she had known since the fifth grade; the couple became the |
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devoted parents of a son, Justin; and |
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WHEREAS, As a young wife and mother, Mrs. Holland was |
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employed as a legal assistant for the law office of Donald |
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R. Stodghill; she later worked alongside her husband to grow their |
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family business, Regal Realtors, and in addition to being the |
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company's co-owner, she served as a licensed agent, real estate |
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assistant, and compliance officer; over the years, she was a |
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supportive presence for many of the agents who worked for the |
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company, and she was honored on multiple occasions with its "Most |
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Valuable Player" award; and |
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WHEREAS, Family was always Mrs. Holland's foremost priority; |
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she and her husband shared nearly 30 years of marriage before his |
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passing in 2011, and she took great pride in their son and in their |
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two granddaughters, Wiley and Emma; she enjoyed cheering on her |
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loved ones at sports games, cheer competitions, and dance recitals |
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and going on cruises, family beach vacations, and trips with her |
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friends; she also found great comfort and inspiration in her faith; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Saundra Holland lived a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and she will be remembered with deep |
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admiration and affection by all those who held her dear; now, |
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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 memory of Saundra Gail |
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Cullins Holland and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her son, State Representative Justin Holland, and his |
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wife, Neely; to her granddaughters, Wiley Beth Holland and Emma |
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Cullins Holland; to her sisters, Dana Kay Macalik and her husband, |
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Jeff, and Terri Raye Ferguson and her husband, James; to her |
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sister-in-law, Dawn Ewing, and brother-in-law, Rodney Holland; to |
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her nieces and nephews; and to her many other relatives and friends; |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Saundra |
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Holland. |