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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 557
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased
 1-4     to offer congratulations to Shannon Elizabeth McCann and
 1-5     Billy Randell Pewitt on the birth of their beautiful daughter,
 1-6     Julia Elizabeth McCann Pewitt; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, Julia was born August 26, 2000, at Saint David's
 1-8     Hospital in Austin; she weighed nine pounds and was 22 inches
 1-9     long at birth; and
1-10           WHEREAS, The birth of a baby is one of the most cherished
1-11     events in the life of a couple, and Bill and Shannon are enjoying
1-12     special feelings of pride and joy over their first baby girl and
1-13     feel especially lucky to experience a new baby after nearly
1-14     19 years of marriage; and
1-15           WHEREAS, Julia joins a happy family and is blessed
1-16     with two wonderful older brothers, William Houston and
1-17     John "Jack" Augustus McCann Pewitt, a grandmother, Dorothy Hughes,
1-18     and a stepgrandmother, Fran Smith; she is also the granddaughter
1-19     of the late Mary Lynn McCann and the late Houston Lee McCann and
1-20     the great-granddaughter of the late Dewitt Roy Studer and the late
1-21     Ida Studer; and
1-22           WHEREAS, Friends and relatives of the family received the
 2-1     exciting news of Julia's birth with expressions of love and shared
 2-2     delight, and "Dad" is still in a state of shock over having a baby
 2-3     girl in the family; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, It is truly fitting that the Texas Senate recognize
 2-5     this baby girl as a treasured citizen of the State of Texas; now,
 2-6     therefore, be it
 2-7           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 2-8     77th Legislature, hereby extend congratulations to Shannon and Bill
 2-9     and warm greetings to Julia Elizabeth McCann Pewitt with best
2-10     wishes for much future happiness; and, be it further
2-11           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-12     the McCann Pewitt family as an expression of regard from the
2-13     Texas Senate.
2-14                                                                   Madla
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2-16                                          President of the Senate
2-17                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-18                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-19                                  on March 26, 2001.
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2-21                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-23                                           Member, Texas Senate