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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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join the members of Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church in |
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recognizing the elder mothers of the congregation on the occasion |
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of the church's Mother's Day celebration; and |
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WHEREAS, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church will host |
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its special Mother's Day celebration to honor the remarkable |
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women who have embodied the highest virtues of responsible and |
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loving parenting, and who have dedicated their time and energy to |
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serving their families and ministering to the physical, |
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emotional, and spiritual needs of their descendants; and |
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WHEREAS, Golden Mothers Maggie Neal, 96 years old, and |
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Carrie Allyson, 93 years old, exemplify strength, perseverance, |
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and wisdom to their younger spiritual sisters, and Platinum |
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Mother Addie Edwards, 84 years old, is a source of light and |
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wisdom to newer mothers in her congregation; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Blakemore, 78, recipient of the |
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Great-Grandmother Award, raises her three great-grandchildren; |
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she feeds, bathes, and clothes them, takes them to school, and |
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makes sure that they attend church and participate in |
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extracurricular activities; Janice Evans, 83, is a mother, |
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grandmother, and great-grandmother who helps care for her |
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grandchildren and her great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Rockmore is a grandmother who helps her |
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daughter care for Bobbie's special-needs grandson, and Brenda |
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Davis, 72, cares for her grandchildren when her daughter is at |
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work; Nancy Pearl, 71, Anna Chappell, 72, and Alice Cleavery, 80, |
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also are loving mothers and inspirational figures to the church |
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mothers; and |
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WHEREAS, These illustrious women of faith have labored |
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tirelessly and sacrificed selflessly for the good of the |
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generations that came after them, and it is indeed fitting that |
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they receive special recognition for empowering later |
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generations of women to be capable and strong mothers through |
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their individual testimonies; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby commend the outstanding elder mothers of |
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Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church for imparting invaluable |
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lessons to their loved ones and extend to all in the congregation |
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best wishes for a memorable and rewarding Mother's Day |
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celebration; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the elder mothers of the church as an expression of esteem from |
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the Texas Senate. |