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79S31128 JTR-D

By:  McCall                                                       H.R. No. 316



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, With the passing of Donna Belle Harrington on April 
20, 2006, at the age of 105, the city of Plano has lost a valued 
member of the community, and we join her many friends and admirers 
in mourning their loss; and
	WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Plano, Mrs. Harrington was 
born on August 1, 1900, into a family that was among the first to 
settle Plano after the Civil War; and
	WHEREAS, She went on to become the salutatorian of the Plano 
High School Class of 1917, and at the time of her death was the 
school's oldest graduate; and
	WHEREAS, She was also the oldest member of the First 
Christian Church of Plano, which she joined in 1914, and throughout 
her life she drew spiritual strength from the community of worship 
there; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Harrington and her husband, the late Robert Lee 
Harrington, were blessed with a loving family, and she took great 
pleasure and pride in the many accomplishments of her children, 
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; and
	WHEREAS, We treasure those Texans whose long and fruitful 
lives connect us with our rich shared history, and Mrs. 
Harrington's passing has deprived us not only of a much-loved 
mother, grandmother, friend, and neighbor, but also of an 
irreplaceable link to the world of our forebears; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Donna Belle Harrington of Plano and extend sincere sympathy to the 
members of her family:  to her sons, Don Harrington and Rob 
Harrington and his wife, Ann; to her grandchildren, Robin 
Harrington Brady, Ginger Harrington Ellis, William Cordell 
Harrington, and Suzan Harrington Zakrzewski; to her 
great-grandchildren, Shara, Victoria, and Heather Harrington; 
Matthew and Caroline Brady; Meredith Ellis; and J. D. and Julia Ann 
Zakrzewski; and to her other relatives and many 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 Donna 
Harrington.