H.R. No. 71 


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The centennial of one's birth is truly an occasion for celebration, and on January 27, 2005, Juanita Letha Hicks Lee is being honored at a party hosted by her fellow congregants of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas; and WHEREAS, A native Texan, she was born on January 27, 1905, in Kilgore, to John Henry Hicks and Carrie E. Kellum Hicks, and grew up in a large, close-knit family in the company of six sisters and three brothers; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Lee attended West Point School in Kilgore and went on to work for M. J. Brooks and Armour & Company; she moved to Fort Worth in the late 1920s and became a Dallasite in 1930; and WHEREAS, Since joining the congregation of Mount Moriah in 1960, this lovely lady has shared her wisdom and generous spirit with generations of fellow worshippers, and she is treasured by an ever-growing circle of loved ones and admirers; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby warmly congratulate Juanita Letha Hicks Lee on the momentous milestone of her 100th birthday and extend to her heartfelt best wishes for continued happiness and good fortune; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Lee as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Jones of Dallas Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Swinford Dukes King of Parker Talton Dunnam King of Zavala Taylor Dutton Kolkhorst Thompson Edwards Krusee Truitt Eiland Kuempel Turner Eissler Laney Uresti Elkins Laubenberg Van Arsdale Escobar Leibowitz Veasey Farabee Luna Villarreal Farrar Madden Vo Flores Martinez West Flynn Martinez Fischer Wong Frost McCall Woolley Gallego McClendon Zedler Gattis McReynolds ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 71 was adopted by the House on January 25, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House