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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Frances Tankersley Messer is celebrating her 100th |
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birthday on September 23, 2023, and this occasion provides a |
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welcome opportunity for family and friends to express the love and |
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affection they hold for her; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Frances Tankersley was born in Abilene in |
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1923 to William Gaddis Tankersley and Mary Lea Pinegar Tankersley, |
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and she grew up with three siblings, Cleon, Randall, and Billye |
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Jean; her family relocated to Shamrock, Oklahoma, and then to |
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Austin, where she graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and |
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was a member of the Red Jackets dance team; she earned a pharmacy |
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degree from The University of Texas in 1944, and she became one of |
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only a few women working as a pharmacist at the time; and |
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WHEREAS, She met her future husband, James Messer, when she |
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was a student at UT, and the couple were blessed with three |
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children; in the early 1950s, Mrs. Messer and her family moved to |
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San Antonio, and there she became an active volunteer with local and |
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statewide dental auxiliaries and with her church; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mrs. Messer is the proud matriarch of a |
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family that includes her three daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne |
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and Jack Pool, Nancy and Grover Campbell, and Janet and Greg |
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Anderson, her five grandchildren, Jeff, Logan, Lee, Elizabeth, and |
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William, and her three great-grandchildren, Tiegan, Hunter, and |
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Henley; a woman of many interests and talents, she is a loyal UT |
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football fan and a gifted cook, and she has traveled to numerous |
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countries around the world; and |
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WHEREAS, Frances Messer is a source of tremendous |
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inspiration, and in sharing the experience gained through a century |
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of life well lived, she bestows a precious gift of wisdom that |
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benefits all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Frances Tankersley Messer on her |
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100th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Messer as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |