R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, With the observance of her 100th birthday on June 1-2 20, 1997, Lottie Beatrice Sprouse will commemorate a significant 1-3 milestone in her long and fruitful life; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The second of 11 children born to Joseph and Hattie 1-5 Riley, Mrs. Sprouse grew up on a farm in Collin County; she wed Lee 1-6 Sprouse on August 11, 1920, and the couple treasured the time they 1-7 shared until his passing; and 1-8 WHEREAS, Mrs. Sprouse is the proud mother of four children, 1-9 Milton Riley, Ruby, Hattie, and Esta, and she currently shares her 1-10 time between her daughters' homes in Waco and in Denison; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Affectionately known as Granny Blue, her family has 1-12 grown to include 11 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren 1-13 and great-great-grandchildren; she has been a pillar of support to 1-14 the entire family, and her loving presence has kept her clan a 1-15 close one; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Throughout her rewarding lifetime, Lottie Sprouse 1-17 has brought joy and happiness to the many people whose lives she 1-18 has touched; a greatly admired member of her community, 1-19 Mrs. Sprouse has earned the special love and affection of all who 1-20 are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-22 Legislature hereby congratulate Lottie Beatrice Sprouse on the 1-23 occasion of her 100th birthday and extend to her warmest best 1-24 wishes for continued good fortune and happiness; and, be it further 2-1 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-2 prepared for Mrs. Sprouse as an expression of high regard by the 2-3 Texas House of Representatives. Hodge 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. 948 was adopted by the House on May 15, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House