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                                                                  H.R. No. 977


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may console the family and friends of Crisanta Garcia Lopez, who died on March 21, 2005, at the age of 93; and WHEREAS, Born on April 3, 1911, in Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Mrs. Lopez was the last survivor of 18 children born to Nazario Hinojosa Garcia and Margarita Perez Garza; and WHEREAS, A 63-year resident of Robstown, she attended Saint Anthony's Catholic Church and belonged to the Catholic Daughters of America, American G.I. Forum, and Senior Citizens Organization; she became interested in politics in the 1950s and was an active worker in many campaigns for Democratic candidates; she was also the recipient of the 6th Annual Honorary Historian Award presented by the Robstown Area Historical Commission; and WHEREAS, A loving and inspirational matriarch to a large family, Mrs. Lopez played a positive role in the lives of those individuals who were fortunate enough to have known her, and her spirit will continue to live in their hearts; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Crisanta Garcia Lopez and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, Fidencio Lopez, Jr., and his wife, Lupita, Mary Haecker, Heriberto Lopez and his wife, Diana, and Diana L. Silvas and her husband, Raul; to her grandchildren, Fidencio Lopez III, Marcos Lopez and his wife, Janna, Omar Lopez, Victor Alvarado and his wife, Martha, Angela Lopez Garcia and her husband, Ray, Brandon Silvas, Andrew Silvas, and Bianca Silvas; to her seven great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives; 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 Crisanta Garcia Lopez. Herrero Escobar Quintanilla Martinez 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 Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 977 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 4, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House