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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Elsie Jean Jacobs Ivey of Clint, who passed away on July 23, |
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2022, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of L. R. and Pearl Jacobs, the former |
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Jean Jacobs was born in Kilgore on May 6, 1942, and she grew up with |
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the companionship of a brother, Arden; she graduated from Clint |
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High School and went on to attend McMurry University; she began her |
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professional career in the Ysleta Independent School District, and |
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in 1977, she joined the payroll department for Clint ISD, where she |
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worked until her retirement; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Ivey enjoyed the love and |
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support of her husband, Jerry Ivey, with whom she shared a |
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fulfilling union until his passing in 2019; she took great pride in |
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her children, Debbie and Wayne, and over the years, she had the |
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pleasure of welcoming 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren |
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into the family; a woman of faith, she was a valued congregant of |
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Bond Memorial United Methodist Church in Clint; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Jean Ivey is greatly missed, the passage of |
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time can never diminish the love and joy she brought into the lives |
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of all who knew her; 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 memory of Elsie Jean Jacobs |
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Ivey and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to |
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her children, Debra Jean Ivey Engle and Thomas Wayne Ivey and his |
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wife, Reagan; to her brother, Arden Reo Jacobs; to her |
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grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and to her other relatives |
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and many 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jean Ivey. |