H.R. No. 859 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor 1-2 Patsy R. Edwards, who is retiring this year after a distinguished 1-3 career as a teacher with the Pearsall Independent School District, 1-4 drawing to a close an exemplary career in education that has 1-5 spanned 26 years; and 1-6 WHEREAS, An outstanding second grade teacher for the 1-7 district, Mrs. Edwards has helped to guide generations of students 1-8 through the fundamentals of reading, writing, and mathematics; over 1-9 the course of her fine tenure, she has shown consistent devotion to 1-10 her students, offering extra assistance when needed and taking 1-11 special pride in the accomplishments of each child; and 1-12 WHEREAS, With her rare talent for teaching, Mrs. Edwards has 1-13 touched the lives of a great many people, and her extraordinary 1-14 contributions to the schoolchildren of Texas indeed merit our 1-15 highest praise and recognition; now, therefore, be it 1-16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 1-17 Legislature hereby honor Patsy R. Edwards on her 26 years of 1-18 exceptional service as an educator with the Pearsall Independent 1-19 School District and extend warmest best wishes to her for a happy 1-20 and productive retirement; and, be it further 1-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 1-22 prepared for Mrs. Edwards as an expression of high regard by the 1-23 Texas House of Representatives. 1-24 Nieto 2-1 H.R. No. 859 2-2 Laney Giddings Munoz 2-3 Alexander Glaze Naishtat 2-4 Allen Goodman Nieto 2-5 Alonzo Goolsby Oakley 2-6 Alvarado Granoff Ogden 2-7 Averitt Gray Oliveira 2-8 Bailey Greenberg Park 2-9 Berlanga Grusendorf Parra 2-10 Black Gutierrez Patterson 2-11 Blackwood Haggerty Pitts 2-12 Bomer Hamric Place 2-13 Bosse Harris Price 2-14 Brady Hartnett Puente 2-15 Brimer Heflin Rabuck 2-16 Cain Hernandez Ramsay 2-17 Campbell Hightower Rangel 2-18 Carona Hilbert Raymond 2-19 Carter Hilderbran Rodriguez 2-20 Chisum Hill Romo 2-21 Clemons Hirschi Rudd 2-22 Coleman Hochberg Sadler 2-23 Combs Holzheauser Saunders 2-24 Conley Horn Schechter 2-25 Cook Hudson Seidlits 2-26 Corte Hunter of Taylor Shields 2-27 Counts Hunter of Nueces Siebert 3-1 Crabb Jackson A. Smith of Harris 3-2 Craddick James D. Smith of Harris 3-3 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Smithee 3-4 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Solis 3-5 Culberson Jones of Dallas Stiles 3-6 Danburg Junell Swinford 3-7 Davila Kamel Tallas 3-8 Davis Krusee Talton 3-9 De La Garza Kubiak Telford 3-10 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Tarrant 3-11 Delco Lewis Thompson of Harris 3-12 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Coleman 3-13 Denton Longoria Turner of Harris 3-14 Driver Luna Uher 3-15 Duncan McCall Van de Putte 3-16 Dutton McCoulskey Vowell 3-17 Earley McDonald West 3-18 Eckels Madden Williamson 3-19 Edwards Marchant Willis 3-20 Erickson Martin Wilson 3-21 Finnell Maxey Wolens 3-22 Flores Moffat Yarbrough 3-23 Gallego Moreno Yost 3-24 Gallegos Mowery Zbranek 3-25 H.R. No. 859 3-26 _______________________________ 3-27 Speaker of the House 4-1 I certify that H.R. No. 859 was adopted by the House on May 4-2 29, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-3 _______________________________ 4-4 Chief Clerk of the House