R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The passing of Diane Howe Ross on December 12, 1998, 1-2 at the age of 59, brought a great loss to the family and many 1-3 friends of this beloved San Antonio resident; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Born in Corpus Christi on January 31, 1939, Ms. Ross 1-5 earned her degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1961, 1-6 after graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio; 1-7 and 1-8 WHEREAS, Ms. Ross was an active member of a variety of 1-9 community organizations including the Castle Hills Garden Club, the 1-10 Castle Hills Woman's Club, the San Antonio Genealogical and 1-11 Historical Society, and the San Antonio Jaguar Club, and she was a 1-12 former member of Junior Forum and the San Antonio Conservation 1-13 Society; and 1-14 WHEREAS, She was a strong supporter of the American Cancer 1-15 Society, the Bexar County Junior Livestock Auction, Boysville, the 1-16 Children's Shelter of San Antonio, and the Cancer Therapy and 1-17 Research Center, where she was a cabinet founder; and 1-18 WHEREAS, This outstanding woman devoted time to her family 1-19 and her community and, though the dedication and wisdom that she 1-20 put forth will be greatly missed, her memory will long endure in 1-21 the hearts and minds of those who were privileged to know her; now, 1-22 therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 1-24 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Diane Howe Ross and 2-1 extend sincere sympathy to her children, Marsha Diane Ratliff and 2-2 Bailey Bryant "Trey" Ratliff III, and to her many friends; and, be 2-3 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 Diane Howe Ross. Shields 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 _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 513 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 24, 1999. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House