By Stiles                                              H.R. No. 660
       74R10688 WMS-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The passing of Villamae Morehead Williams on April
    1-2  8, 1995, at the age of 81, has brought a great loss to the many
    1-3  friends and relatives of this beloved lady; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Born September 25, 1913, to Katie Mae and Thomas
    1-5  Barker Morehead in Bay City, she was graduated from Bay City High
    1-6  School, and from an early age she demonstrated an acute interest in
    1-7  family history; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, After many years spent researching her family tree,
    1-9  Mrs. Williams became a certified genealogist, but her love of
   1-10  history was not confined to that arena; her passion for preserving
   1-11  past events led her to become chair of the Chambers County
   1-12  Historical Commission, and during her productive tenure in that
   1-13  office, she directed the design and planning of the commission's
   1-14  office and museum and helped to earn the organization status as a
   1-15  certified Texas Resource Center; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, She also dedicated her time and talents to many
   1-17  valuable history publications, editing and compiling the Stephen F.
   1-18  Austin Register of Families, The Chambers County Brand Book, and
   1-19  acting as editor on Volume II of the Daughters of the Republic of
   1-20  Texas' Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, In order to help preserve the history of the
   1-22  southeast Texas area for future generations of Texans,
   1-23  Mrs. Williams also authored or co-authored 15 historical markers in
   1-24  Chambers County and surrounding counties; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, This dynamic individual maintained active
    2-2  memberships in a variety of organizations, including the Texas Gulf
    2-3  Historical Society, the Southeast Texas Genealogical Historical
    2-4  Society, the Matagorda County Genealogical Historical Society, the
    2-5  Bay Area Heritage Society, the National Genealogical Society, the
    2-6  Alamo Preservation Committee, and others too numerous to mention;
    2-7  and
    2-8        WHEREAS, Villamae Morehead Williams was a woman of rare
    2-9  warmth and wisdom; although her presence is gone from us now, her
   2-10  remarkable spirit will surely live on in the hearts of the many
   2-11  fortunate individuals whose lives she touched; now, therefore, be
   2-12  it
   2-13        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-14  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Villamae Morehead
   2-15  Williams and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family:
   2-16  to her husband, Floyd Everett Williams; to her children and their
   2-17  spouses, Drew and Marilyn Williams, Marcus Gil and Kathryn Williams
   2-18  Rector, and Everett and Shirley Williams; to her brother and
   2-19  sisters-in-law, Barker Morehead, Marty Morehead, and Eleanor
   2-20  Morehead; to her 10 grandchildren, Leslie, Cindy, Matthew,
   2-21  Jennifer, Amy, Tan, Tim, Danny, David, and Christopher; to her
   2-22  three great-grandchildren; and to the many other friends and
   2-23  relatives of this remarkable woman; and, be it further
   2-24        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-25  prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas
   2-26  House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of
   2-27  Villamae Morehead Williams.