By:  Hunter                                                       H.R. No. 38 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Juanita Daniel Zachry has earned widespread respect 
for her writings about the history and beauty of Abilene, West 
Texas, and the State of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Currently a member of Abilene Writers Guild, which 
she founded, she inspired many writers by her endless travels 
across Texas and the United States for research to make writings of 
West Texas factual and understandable to the readers she may touch; 
and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Zachry has published several history-based 
books including A History of Rural Taylor County, A Living History: 
Abilene - The Key City, Buffalo Gap Historic Village, Potosi - The 
First One Hundred Years, Merkel Area History Book, and Juanita 
Daniel Zachry's Classics; and
	WHEREAS, She has written articles that have been purchased by 
American History Illustrated, Texas Highways, Arizona Highways, 
America's Civil Wars, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Early American 
Life, and many other historical and western magazines; and
	WHEREAS, She was inspired to write stories of history by 
hearing how her own parents, A. M. Daniel and Exa Green Daniel, 
settled in Taylor County with each of their parents at young ages 
around 1900, which later married and raised Juanita at Horn in Jones 
County and encouraged her as she excelled her writing skills by 
graduating from Noodle High School, taking courses at Writers 
Digest - a famous writer's school, and the University of Oklahoma; 
and
	WHEREAS, She has also been encouraged and inspired by her 
late husband, B. A. Zachry, and her three children:  Barbara Ann 
(Mrs. Coy) Williams - Abilene, Beth (Mrs. Jim) Pate-Beasley - 
Garland, and Charles Zachry - Garden City; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commends Juanita Daniel Zachry for her extensive 
writings that help to preserve the history of West Texas for her 
fellow citizens and for future generations and extend to her best 
wishes for success and happiness in the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution is 
prepared for Ms. Zachry as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.