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By:  Frost                                                        H.R. No. 184







R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, Family members and friends mourn the passing of 

Mabel Carol Young of Linden, who died on July 22, 2005, at the age of 

85; and

	WHEREAS, Born on March 17, 1920, in the Shiloh Community near 

Jefferson, Mrs. Young was known as a devoted wife, mother, and 

friend to residents of Linden and Hughes Springs; and

	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan married Haskel Young on July 21, 

1939, and together they raised four children and operated their own 

business, Young's Grocery in Hughes Springs; after retiring in 

1974, they moved to Linden, where Mrs. Young taught Sunday school 

classes and attended services at First Baptist Church; and

	WHEREAS, Mabel Carol Young was truly a source of inspiration, 

and her generous optimism and kind spirit brightened the lives of 

all those who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 

Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 

Mabel Carol Young and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her 

family: to her son, Winston Young and his wife, Carolyn; to her 

daughters, Yvonne Hogan and her husband, Clay, Deborah Traylor and 

her husband, Newman, and Martha Laird and her husband, Kenith; to 

her eight grandchildren; to her 21 great-grandchildren; to her 

great-great-grandchild; to her brother, Donald Stewart; to her 

sister, Corine Teague; to her niece, Linda Pate; and to her 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 Mabel Carol 

Young.