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78R6890 KMP-D

By:  Pitts                                                        H.R. No. 388



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Bernyce Crownover, a longtime Ellis County 
resident, has been named the 2002 Waxahachie Citizen of the Year, 
and this award is a fitting tribute to a Texan who over the years has 
made countless contributions to many worthy local civic, business, 
and charitable organizations; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Crownover has generously contributed to 
planning, organizing, and coordinating such local events as the 
Crape Myrtle Festival, Cotton Patch Chili Cookoff, Candlelight 
Christmas Home Tour, Gingerbread Trail and Historic Home Tour, and 
Bob Phillips Texas Country Reporter Festival; in addition, she has 
been a valued member of the Ellis County Business Women's Board who 
has long demonstrated great interest in helping Texas firms, as 
evidenced through her work with the Business Expo and the 
Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, on which she served as chair in 
1998; and
	WHEREAS, This dynamic woman is also a tireless advocate for 
our state's most vulnerable citizens, and her work in behalf of 
abused and neglected children has been vital to associations that 
include the Gingerbread House, Ellis County's children's advocacy 
center, and the Texas Council of Child Welfare Board; her many 
accomplishments have been recognized throughout the Ellis County 
community, which last year proclaimed February 11 to be Bernyce 
Crownover Day, and she was honored as the Volunteer of the Year in 
2000 and the First Lady of Waxahachie in 1992; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of her life, this exemplary 
individual has dedicated herself to the betterment of her community 
and state, and it is through efforts such as hers that Waxahachie 
retains the high quality of life its residents enjoy today; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Bernyce Crownover on being named 
the 2002 Waxahachie Citizen of the Year and extend to her warmest 
best wishes for continued happiness and success in her future 
endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mrs. Crownover as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.