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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Judy Jones of Houston were |
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deeply saddened by her passing on June 18, 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 26, 1940, Mrs. Jones was a member of |
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Bellaire High School's Class of 1958, the school's first graduating |
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class; after high school, she attended the University of Houston; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A founding member of the Heritage Republican Women's |
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Club, she was active in Harris County and Texas Republican Party |
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politics for many years; additionally, she led two successful |
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campaigns in which her husband, Sonny Jones, was elected to the |
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House of Representatives, making him the first Republican to serve |
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in that body since Reconstruction; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her political activities, Mrs. Jones |
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spent 15 years working at the Texas Association of Public Employee |
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Retirement Systems, where she earned the lasting respect and |
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admiration of her colleagues; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones led a caring and accomplished life filled |
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with many happy times and a special joy in celebrating the Christmas |
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season, and her cheerful spirit and sense of humor will always be |
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remembered by those individuals who were fortunate enough to have |
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shared in her love and friendship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Judy Jones and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Melinda Little, and her husband, Russell, Michael Jones, and Maggie |
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Ramey, and her husband, William; to her five grandchildren, Katie, |
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Will, and David Little and Kit and Trevor Ramey; to her brother, |
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Richard Howell, and sister-in-law, Dot Howell; to her niece and |
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nephews, Connie and Maxfield McKenzie and Harris Howell; to her |
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great-nephews, Alex and Hunter McKenzie; to her cousin and best |
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friend, Marje Harris; to her close friends, Louise Wing and George |
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Long; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Judy Jones. |
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Callegari |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 14 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 1, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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