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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Alpine are mourning the loss of |
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longtime resident and friend Bobbie Ellen McDaniel, who passed away |
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on January 26, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 2, 1931, in Wakeeney, Kansas, the |
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former Bobbie Jacka graduated from Odessa High School; she married |
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Jack McDaniel on August 28, 1950, and the couple subsequently spent |
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two years in Japan while Mr. McDaniel served in the U.S. Air Force; |
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WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, the McDaniels moved to Alpine, |
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where Mrs. McDaniel joined the staff of Sul Ross State University as |
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the athletic secretary; known as "Mom" to countless |
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student-athletes, she was beloved by many for her sympathetic ear |
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and kind advice; in 1986, she received the first Bar-SR-Bar |
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Employee Excellence Award, and following her retirement in 1997, |
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she was inducted into the Sul Ross Hall of Honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. McDaniel shared nearly 55 years with her |
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husband before his passing, and she was the proud mother and |
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grandmother of a daughter, Kellie, a son-in-law, Andrew, and two |
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granddaughters, Hailey Grace and Rylie Hope; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie McDaniel uplifted others with her bright |
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smile and generosity of spirit, and those who were fortunate enough |
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to have known her will long cherish their memories of time spent in |
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her company; 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 Bobbie Ellen McDaniel |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter, Kellie Powell; to her son-in-law, Andrew Powell; to her |
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granddaughters, Hailey Grace and Rylie Hope Powell; to her sister, |
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Billie Morgan; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be |
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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 Bobbie |
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Ellen McDaniel. |
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Gallego |
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Anderson |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Mowery |
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Brown of Kaufman |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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Brown of Brazos |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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Callegari |
Hernandez |
Patrick |
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Christian |
Hochberg |
Pickett |
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Cook of Navarro |
Hopson |
Puente |
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Cook of Colorado |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Corte |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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Crownover |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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Davis of Harris |
Keffer |
Smith of Tarrant |
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Davis of Dallas |
King of Parker |
Smith of Harris |
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Delisi |
King of Taylor |
Smithee |
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Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Solomons |
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Eissler |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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Escobar |
Madden |
Van Arsdale |
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Farabee |
Mallory Caraway |
Vaught |
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Farrar |
Martinez Fischer |
Villarreal |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 589 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 15, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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