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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Mary Alice Martin on May 16, 2023, at the age of 99; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Mary Alice Michal was born on July 10, |
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1923; she spent part of her childhood on her family's farm near |
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Flatonia but was raised mostly in Zimmerman, Louisiana; she |
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graduated from Boyce High School; and |
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WHEREAS, On April 17, 1948, this beloved woman exchanged |
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wedding vows with Edward Doyle Martin, and they shared a rewarding |
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marriage that spanned six and a half decades before Mr. Martin's |
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death in 2013; as newlyweds, the couple moved to Orange and then to |
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Houston; they became the proud parents of four children, Larry, |
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Edward, Joyce, and Terry, and Mrs. Martin later experienced the joy |
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of seeing her family grow to include four grandchildren and four |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Martin devoted many years to teaching and |
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caring for her children as well as her parents, who also lived in |
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Houston; she was blessed with a wide circle of friends, and she was |
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a valued congregant of Baptist Temple Church and Oak Forest Baptist |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Possessed of a warm and generous nature and a joyous |
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zest for life, Mary Alice Martin brightened the world for all who |
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knew her, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; 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 Mary Alice Martin |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Edward Martin and his wife, Patsy, Joyce McMillan and her |
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husband, Robert, and Terry Martin; to her grandchildren, Leah, |
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Bobby, Phillip, and Amy; to her great-grandchildren, Ian, Gracie, |
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Aton, and Everly; to her nieces and nephews; to her close friend, |
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Lezlie Shell; and to her other relatives and 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 Mary Alice |
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Martin. |