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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 60
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In Memory |
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of |
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Virginia Cude |
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the kindness and |
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generosity of Virginia Lee Cude of Gilmer, who passed away on |
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July 19, 2025, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Henry and Ruby Keen, the former |
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Virginia Keen was born on October 2, 1943, in Polk County and grew |
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up with the companionship of six siblings, Wesley, Donald, John, |
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A. B., Curtis, and Mary Katherine; she attended Splendora High |
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School, where she met the love of her life, Archie Cude, during a |
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basketball game in 1958; the couple's wedding on July 13, 1959, |
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marked the beginning of a richly rewarding marriage that spanned |
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more than six and a half decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cude devoted herself to raising her four |
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children, Gary, David, Regina, and Kimberly, and with the passing |
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years, she had the privilege of seeing her family grow to include |
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two additional generations; she delighted in supporting her |
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children and grandchildren in all their endeavors and in bringing |
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together her loved ones to enjoy her delicious cooking; in her |
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leisure hours, she enjoyed traveling and playing bingo with |
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Mr. Cude; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Virginia Cude will be deeply missed, |
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those who held her dear will forever remember the warmth and |
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kindness she brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Virginia Lee Cude and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her husband, Archie Cude; to her |
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children and their spouses, Gary and Susan Cude, David and Cindy |
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Cude, Regina Elliott, and Kimberly and Keith Baldwin; to her |
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grandchildren and their spouses, Olivia and Erin Elliott, Lauren |
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and Cody Nolan, and Colton Chandler; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Beau Nolan, Colt Nolan, and Lynx Elliott; and to her other |
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relatives 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Virginia Cude. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on September 4, 2025, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |