78R17316 JH-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.R. No. 1409



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The passing of Patricia Jeanne Deeds of Houston on 
April 23, 2003, has deeply saddened the family and many friends of 
this beloved Texan; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Oxford, Nebraska, Mrs. Deeds was born on 
September 19, 1931, and she spent her formative years living on a 
farm in St. Francis, Kansas; she went on to attend the University of 
Kansas, where she met her future husband, Charles; and
	WHEREAS, The couple were married in 1952, and shortly 
thereafter they moved to Houston, where Mrs. Deeds became actively 
involved in state politics; she was the Democratic Party precinct 
chair in Senate District 17 for more than two decades and served as 
a regional coordinator for the district's steering committee; and
	WHEREAS, Patricia Deeds was a woman who loved cats, 
gardening, sewing, and cooking, and while she will be greatly 
missed, her memory and her commitment to democratic principles and 
social justice will live on in the hearts and minds of the many 
people whose lives she touched; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Patricia Jeanne 
Deeds and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to 
her husband, Charles T. Deeds; to her sons Charles, and his wife, 
Tinh, and Robert; to her grandchildren, Rafferty and Aileen; to her 
brother, Robert Corder; and to her many other relatives and 
friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patricia 
Jeanne Deeds.