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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 523


In Memory

of

Eula Mae Scott


	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the 
citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Eula Mae Scott, who 
died February 22, 2005, at the age of 95; and

	WHEREAS, Eula Mae Glenn was born on January 26, 1910, in 
Palo Pinto County to Jesse Evans Glenn and Obedience Nolan Glenn; 
when Eula Mae was barely 12 years old, she helped her father herd 
cattle; she also drove her brother and sister to school in a 
buggy; and

	WHEREAS, Her father worked for T&P Railroad and the family 
moved often; Eula Mae graduated as the 1928 class valedictorian 
in Gentry, Arkansas; and

	WHEREAS, After attending Northeastern Normal College in 
Oklahoma for a year, she taught primarily Native American 
students in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for 10 years; and

	WHEREAS, Eula Mae moved to Fort Worth in 1943 and was 
employed with the Texas Electric Company, where she rose to the 
position of executive secretary; there she met engineer
Charles B. Scott, who would become her husband; and

	WHEREAS, Eula Mae and Charles were married in 1947; the 
couple had two children, Glenn and Nolen, and in 1950 they moved 
to New York; after Charles was diagnosed with terminal heart 
disease, the family returned to Fort Worth; he died in 1958, and 
Eula Mae raised their two children on her own; when she was 55, 
she returned to work as a bookkeeper; and

	WHEREAS, In 1977, she joined her son and daughter in 
Austin; she worked until the age of 77 for the city utility 
department; she was a lifelong Democrat and cast her last vote
in November, 2004, at the age of 94; and

	WHEREAS, Eula Mae Scott cherished her family and she devoted
the last 20 years of her life to caring for her grandchildren; and

	WHEREAS, She was a devoted mother and grandmother, and she 
leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by her 
family and many friends; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the 
family of Eula Mae Scott:  her daughter, Glenn; her son, Nolen; 
her sister, Ruby Faye Parker; and her four grandchildren, Tillie, 
Nevan, Aubrey, and Alice; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared
for her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the 
Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do
so in memory of Eula Mae Scott.
                                                                      Barrientos




________________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on March 31, 2005, by a 
rising vote.



________________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate



________________________________ 
     Member, Texas Senate