H.R. No. 96

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Family and friends have sustained a deep loss with
	the untimely passing of Mary G. Cruz of San Antonio on November 24,
	2006; and
	WHEREAS, The mother-in-law of the Honorable Frank Madla, a
	longtime Texas state representative and senator, Mrs. Cruz was born
	on December 24, 1924; she was the devoted wife of Louis Cruz, with
	whom she shared a happy and rewarding union of 44 years, until his
	death in 1999; and
	WHEREAS, Endowed with a great capacity for hard work and a
	keen interest in seeing to the successful dispatch of all
	undertakings within her purview, she helped to manage the couple's
	business, a grocery store and party house, and supervised, on a more
	informal basis, all manner of family projects, from tinkering
	around under the hood to making tamales; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Cruz embraced life with a generous heart and
	exuberant spirit; many things gave her joy: cooking and baking,
	visiting with family, friends, and neighbors over coffee and
	cookies, crocheting beautiful afghans and giving them to her family
	and to every new baby, and spending time in her garden, tending her
	roses and other flowers and swinging by the pond as she watched her
	koi swim; and
	WHEREAS, She laughed easily and often and delighted in
	festive gatherings; an accomplished dancer, Mrs. Cruz also loved
	mariachi music and would join enthusiastically in the singing; and
	WHEREAS, Mary Cruz was greatly treasured by all who shared in
	the warmth of her friendship and affection, and those who were
	privileged to be a part of the world she graced will forever hold
	her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Mary G. Cruz and
	extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her
	children, Hope McAnulty, Mary Ann Cruz, Gina Garcia, Gloria Knauf,
	Helen Madla, Diane Cruz, Louis Cruz, Jr., and Robert Cruz; to her 13
	grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and to her many other
	relatives and friends; 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 Mary G.
	Cruz.
	Gallego
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
	Bolton Hancock Olivo
	Bonnen Hardcastle Orr
	Branch Harless Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Parker
	Burnam Heflin Patrick
	Callegari Hernandez Paxton
	Castro Herrero Pena
	Chavez Hilderbran Phillips
	Chisum Hill Pickett
	Christian Hochberg Pierson
	Cohen Hodge Pitts
	Coleman Homer Puente
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Quintanilla
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Raymond
	Corte Howard of Travis Riddle
	Crabb Hughes Ritter
	Creighton Isett Rodriguez
	Crownover Jackson Rose
	Darby Jones Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Harris
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smithee
	Delisi King of Taylor Solomons
	Deshotel King of Zavala Strama
	Driver Kolkhorst Straus
	Dukes Krusee Swinford
	Dunnam Kuempel Talton
	Dutton Latham Taylor
	Eiland Laubenberg Thompson
	Eissler Leibowitz Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner
	England Macias Van Arsdale
	Escobar Madden Vaught
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farias Martinez Villarreal
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Vo
	Flores McCall West
	Flynn McClendon Woolley
	Frost McReynolds Zedler
	Gallego Menendez Zerwas
	Garcia Merritt
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 96 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on January 23, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House