HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Sarah Elisabeth Worley on 1-2 April 2, 1998, at the age of 17, has brought great sorrow and loss 1-3 to the family and many friends of this bright and loving young 1-4 Texan; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Miss Worley was the daughter of Lee Worley, a U.S. 1-6 customs agent, and Carmen Rivera-Worley, former Val Verde County 1-7 Attorney; in 1993, the Worley family moved to Denton, where Sarah 1-8 became a high school honors student and earned admission to the 1-9 prestigious Tulane University School of Architecture; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The esteem and genuine affection so many people held 1-11 for this remarkable young woman were apparent in two separate 1-12 memorial services, one in her hometown of Del Rio at the First 1-13 United Methodist Church and another in Denton at Trinity Methodist 1-14 Church; united in their high regard for Miss Worley, family and 1-15 friends have established a number of scholarships in her name as 1-16 well; and 1-17 WHEREAS, In her youth, her promise, and her intelligence, 1-18 Sarah Worley represented the best and brightest of Texas, and 1-19 though her presence is deeply missed, surely her spirit lives on in 1-20 the hearts and memories of all those who were privileged to know 1-21 her, and it is indeed fitting to honor her memory at this time; 1-22 now, therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-24 hereby pay tribute to the life of Sarah Elisabeth Worley and extend 2-1 sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her parents, Lee 2-2 Worley and Carmen Rivera-Worley; to her brother, Ernest Lee Worley 2-3 IV; to her grandparents, Jose M. Rivera and Ernest and Zina Worley; 2-4 and to all her other relatives and many friends; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-6 prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas 2-7 House of Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in 2-8 memory of Sarah Elisabeth Worley. Gallego Denny Solomons Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 98 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 22, 1999. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 98 was adopted by the Senate on February 24, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _______________________ Date _______________________ Governor