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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may |
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console the family and friends of Vera H. Carhart, who passed away |
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on August 5, 2006, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, A dedicated supporter of the Republican Party, Mrs. |
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Carhart worked on a number of federal, state, and local campaigns, |
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including those of John Tower, George H. W. Bush, Kay Bailey |
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Hutchison, and John Culberson; former U.S. Representative Bill |
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Archer also benefited from her service as campaign manager and |
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longtime office volunteer; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was active in the Spring Branch |
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Republican Women's Club, Memorial West Republican Women's Club, and |
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Village Republican Women's Club and further lent her time and |
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talents to the Texas Federation of Republican Women, which she |
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served as president; and |
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WHEREAS, Vera Carhart was a loving mother and grandmother and |
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was active in many civic and arts organizations; she is deeply |
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missed, but the legacy of public spirit that she leaves behind will |
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not soon be forgotten; 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 Vera H. Carhart and |
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extend deepest sympathy to her family: to her son, John William |
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Carhart and his wife, Carolyn; to her daughter, Melissa Carhart |
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Lanier; to her grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Carhart, Laura Catherine |
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Carhart, Mackenzie Elizabeth Carhart, Adam Everest Lanier, and |
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Thomas Carhart Lanier; to her brother, William Hartlage, Jr.; and |
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to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas House |
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of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Vera H. |
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Carhart. |