R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The passing of Corinne Farmer on January 15, 1996, 1-2 at the age of 81, brought a great loss to the family and many 1-3 friends of this beloved woman; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Mrs. Farmer was born November 10, 1914, in Mansfield 1-5 and was descended from Tom Loyd, one of Tarrant County's early 1-6 settlers; she wed Earl Dean Farmer, and the couple treasured the 1-7 time they shared until his passing; and 1-8 WHEREAS, Throughout the years, Mrs. Farmer devoted herself to 1-9 providing a warm and secure home life for their family, and her 1-10 commitment to her husband, children, grandchildren, and 1-11 great-grandchildren was a source of inspiration to many people; and 1-12 WHEREAS, This remarkable woman was also active in the 1-13 political process, and she encouraged her many friends and 1-14 neighbors to vote in elections at all levels; in all her endeavors, 1-15 she was sustained by her abiding faith as a member of Wautaga 1-16 Baptist Church; and 1-17 WHEREAS, During her lifetime, Corinne Farmer touched the 1-18 lives of many people, and though she is gone from us now, her 1-19 memory will long endure in the hearts and minds of all who came to 1-20 know and love her; now, therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-22 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Corinne Farmer and 1-23 extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, 1-24 Ray Farmer and Billy Farmer; to her daughters, Nell Oldham and 2-1 Amanda Mobley; to her brother, Clinton Pinyan; to her grandchildren 2-2 and great-grandchildren; and to the many other friends and 2-3 relatives of this fine lady; and, be it further 2-4 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-5 prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas 2-6 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of 2-7 Corinne Farmer. Carter Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 480 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 18, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House