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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life came to a close with the |
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passing of Dorothy Perkins Doran Fournier of Kerrville on December |
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15, 2006, at the age of 97; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Alice to Walter and Edith Perkins on October |
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6, 1909, Mrs. Fournier attended Texas A & I University in Kingsville |
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and was a graduate of Westmoreland College in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1940, this beloved woman married William H. |
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Doran, who preceded her in death in 1962; lucky to find love a |
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second time, she married Retired Colonel Roland P. "Jack" Fournier |
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in 1968, and they shared many happy years until his death in 2000; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Kerrville, Mrs. Fournier was |
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active with the Hill Country Arts Foundation; she was a lifetime |
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member of the Women's Society of Christian Service and a valued |
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congregant of First United Methodist Church in Kerrville, where she |
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gave of her time and talents as a teacher and pianist; and |
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WHEREAS, Dorothy Fournier was held in the highest regard by |
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all who knew her; she will be deeply missed, but she will always be |
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remembered with great affection; 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 Dorothy Perkins Doran |
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Fournier and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her daughter, Evelyn Doran Hickey and her husband, Mike; to her |
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stepson, W. H. "Bill" Doran, Jr., and his wife, Onica; to her |
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grandchildren, Bill Hickey and his wife, Traci, Diana Howard and |
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her husband, Larry, David Hickey and his wife, Shaneye, Jim Hickey |
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and his wife, Rhonda, and Drexel Doran and his wife, Barbara; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Grant Hickey, Blair Howard, Katie Howard, |
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Grace Hickey, Aidan Hickey, and Will Doran; and to her other |
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relatives and friends; and, be it 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 Dorothy |
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Perkins Doran Fournier. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 62 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 22, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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