By:  Barrientos                                        S.R. No. 197
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great
    1-3  pleasure in recognizing 13 outstanding residents of the
    1-4  Rebekah Baines Johnson Retirement Center who are over 90 years
    1-5  of age; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, These remarkable women have shown courage and
    1-7  commitment to life and are exemplary role models for younger
    1-8  generations; through good times and bad, they have been women of
    1-9  vision who have exhibited great strength of character and who have
   1-10  faced life's difficulties with resilience and good humor; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, The Rebekah Baines Johnson Retirement Center is
   1-12  hosting a special Valentine's Party on February 14, 1995, to honor
   1-13  these special citizens who have embraced life and all it offers
   1-14  with enjoyment and contentment; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Born on January 27, 1901, in Whetland, Oklahoma,
   1-16  Ruth Franklin moved to Texas four years ago and has lived in the
   1-17  Rebekah Baines Johnson Retirement Center for the past three years;
   1-18  and
   1-19        WHEREAS, The devoted mother of three children, she was a
   1-20  schoolteacher by profession and taught second, third, and fifth
   1-21  grades; she has pursued her hobbies, crochet, embroidery, and
   1-22  watercolors, and has sold some of her paintings; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, Her most exciting job was working on an Indian
    2-1  reservation near Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she taught Pueblo
    2-2  Indian children; and
    2-3        WHEREAS, It is fitting that the Texas Senate honor this
    2-4  distinguished citizen for her many contributions over her long and
    2-5  fruitful life; now, therefore, be it
    2-6        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-7  74th Legislature, hereby recognize Ruth Franklin as an honored
    2-8  citizen of her community and her state; and, be it further
    2-9        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-10  her as an expression of the high esteem of the Texas Senate.
   2-11                               ______________________________________
   2-12                                       President of the Senate
   2-13                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-14                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-15                               on February 13, 1995.
   2-16                               ______________________________________
   2-17                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-18                               ______________________________________
   2-19                                        Member, Texas Senate