R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On March 6, 1997, Maria Isabel Sanchez reached a 1-2 significant milestone in her full and generous life when she 1-3 celebrated her 46th birthday; and 1-4 WHEREAS, A native of Texas, this outstanding individual was 1-5 born March 6, 1951, in Brownsville, to Enedina and Edmundo Sosa, 1-6 and was the eldest child in the close-knit Sosa family; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Selflessly dedicated to the welfare of her siblings, 1-8 Ms. Sanchez sacrificed her own educational opportunities to ensure 1-9 that her younger sisters would obtain a high school diploma; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The mother of a son and a daughter, Francisco 1-11 Sanchez, Jr. and Isa Yvette Munoz, Ms. Sanchez was an active 1-12 volunteer in her children's schools, and in reward, she now has an 1-13 eagerly anticipated opportunity to spoil her grandson, Jacob 1-14 Anthony Munoz; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Endowed with a giving and compassionate nature, this 1-16 exemplary Texan works with mentally retarded and handicapped 1-17 children, and she is a devoted participant in church functions; and 1-18 WHEREAS, The birthday of this admirable woman provides a 1-19 fitting opportunity to honor her for the boundless joy and hope she 1-20 has imparted to all who have shared her love and friendship 1-21 throughout the years; now, therefore, be it 1-22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-23 Legislature hereby congratulate Maria Isabel Sanchez on the 1-24 occasion of her 46th birthday and extend to her warmest best wishes 2-1 for continued happiness in the future; and, be it further 2-2 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-3 prepared for Ms. Sanchez as an expression of high regard by the 2-4 Texas House of Representatives. Davila 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. 1391 was adopted by the House on June 2, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House