78S10439 MDM-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.R. No. 41 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A 100th birthday is truly cause for a celebration, 
and on July 5, 2003, Eunice Exa Hitt of Hainesville marked this 
joyous milestone at a party at the Mineola home of Larry and Sue 
Wisdom in the company of her family and many friends; and
	WHEREAS, Affectionately known as "Nannie," she was born on 
July 3, 1903, in Van Zandt County, near Van; the fourth of seven 
children in the family of Ezra and Ola Tunnell, she attended 
Creagleville schools and worked in the cotton fields, earning about 
$1 a day, money that helped support the family; she recalls a happy 
childhood that included fishing for crawdads and performing such 
chores as milking cows, raising chickens, washing clothes on a rub 
board, and drawing water from a well; and
	WHEREAS, This lovely lady met Milton Hitt at the Creagleville 
School; the couple were married in 1920, when she was 17 years old, 
and she became the first of her siblings to marry and leave home; 
Mrs. Hitt and her husband lived on a cotton farm they rented until 
buying their own farm in 1948, near Grand Saline; and
	WHEREAS, An independent woman throughout her life, Mrs. Hitt 
attained her driver's license in the 1960s, continued to drive 
until 1998, and still owns her red sports car; and
	WHEREAS, Since 1979, she has lived in a home on property owned 
by her daughter and son-in-law, Chloee and Tom Flournoy, and she 
continues to display her trademark independence; and
	WHEREAS, The family's designated "queen of fishing," Mrs. 
Hitt caught eight fish on a recent outing with a granddaughter; her 
avid interest in sports is particularly focused on the Texas 
Rangers and the Dallas Cowboys, and she proudly displays in her 
living room a football that was autographed by Roger Staubach; 
Christmas is a favorite time of year for this inspiring woman, who 
values God, her family, hard work, honesty, self-reliance, and a 
desire to make the most of each day; and
	WHEREAS, For 100 years, Eunice Exa Hitt has lived a full life, 
and she continues to share her affection and delightful sense of 
humor with a wide circle of loved ones who cherish her company; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Eunice Exa 
"Nannie" Hitt on the centennial of her birth and extend to her 
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mrs. Hitt as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.