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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _______________________
Date
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Governor