79S31940 MW-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.R. No. 655



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS,  The Ella Bouldin Women's Missionary Society of 
Houston is honoring the participants of the 5th Annual Three Score 
and Ten Senior Recognition Program with a reception on June 4, 2006; 
and
	WHEREAS, Recognizing the contributions to the missionary 
society by senior members, age 70 and older, this event also 
acknowledges the role they have played in imparting their wisdom 
and knowledge to the church's membership; and
	WHEREAS, The program encompasses five levels of 
participation, and the honorees include:  first level members 
Horace Smith, Sallye Britton, Earnice Barton, Joyce Baldwin, Alfred 
Flanagan, Milton Evans, Mary Cornett, Carrie Burks, Marjorie 
Humphries, Helen Amey, Ann Sweet, Celestine Brantley, Mary Feggins, 
and Virgie Washington; second level silver members Emmitt Curtis 
and Harold Stovall; third level gold members Clarice Johnson, Maud 
Jones, Esther Eldridge, and Doris Harris; fourth level pinnacle 
members Emdella Lewis, Harold Reed, Jean Bolden, Lonnie Henderson, 
Failure Henderson, Alene Henry, Eddie Henry, Sr., Lorenza Barnes, 
C. G. Hardy, Rev. Olan Hardy, and Sophia Moses; and the fifth and 
highest level members, who are being accorded lifetime inclusion in 
the hall of fame, Edward Pipkin, Geneva Bilton, Bernice Bundage, 
Frankie Mays, George McGowan, Ida Cox, Carrie Davis, Massie Green, 
Irene Griggs, Carnie Johnson, Mary Alice Jordan, Mary Helen Reed, 
Venetia Reuben, Darlena Williams, Jessie Beeks, Estella Cheeks, 
Thelma McCarthy, Gladys Lewis, Helen Thurston, Allene White, Manuel 
White, Marie Sanders, Marcellous Stevens, Jewell Houston, Zelma 
Barton, Creola Jenkins, Elwyn Rucker, and Madora Campbell; and
	WHEREAS, The Three Score and Ten Senior Recognition Program 
appreciates the many ways elder Texans contribute to the Lone Star 
State, and it serves as a source of support, encouragement, and 
pleasure for members of society who deserve all the best life has to 
offer; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the honorees 
of the 5th Annual Three Score and Ten Senior Recognition Program and 
extend to them sincere best wishes for continued fulfillment; and, 
be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Ella Bouldin Women's Missionary Society as an 
expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.