This website will be unavailable from Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                



79S20568 BJM-D



By:  Frost                                                        H.R. No. 185







R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, A full and generous life came to an end with the 

passing of Doris Faye Knight Fitts of Linden on July 22, 2005, at 

the age of 75, bringing great sadness to her family and many 

friends; and

	WHEREAS, Born on June 12, 1930, Mrs. Fitts graduated from 

Linden High School and Tyler Commercial College, where she trained 

as an executive secretary; a devoted wife and mother, she built a 

loving home for her children and also worked for the Cass County 

Extension Service and the county clerk's office; and

	WHEREAS, Active in her community, she volunteered with a 

number of organizations, including The Helping Hands--Linden 

Health Care, Cave Springs Friendship Club, Shiloh Cemetery 

Foundation, Floyd Hill Cemetery Association, and R.S.V.P.; she was 

a life member of United Methodist Women and a congregant of Linden 

United Methodist Church, where she was active with the Fellowship 

Sunday School class; and

	WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Doris Faye 

Fitts will remember her deep and unending love of family and 

community; although she will be greatly missed, her legacy will 

live on in the hearts of those whose lives she so richly blessed; 

now, therefore, be it

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

Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay special tribute to the 

life of Doris Faye Fitts and extend deepest sympathy to the members 

of her family: to her sons, Paul Edward Fitts and his wife, Linda, 

and Randy Fitts and his wife, Jessica; to her daughters, Paula 

Elders and her husband, Terry, and Pam Glover; to her 12 

grandchildren; to her sisters, Pansy Henderson and Betty Lou 

Phillips and her husband, O. C.; to her brothers, the Reverend James 

Robert Knight and his wife, Marie, and Thomas Earl Knight and his 

wife, Marylee; to her sisters-in-law, Doris Knight and Lajuana 

Knight; 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 Doris Faye 

Knight Fitts.