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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, To the delight of all who know them, Stephen Cody |
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Terry and Kendra Michelle Payne have become engaged to be married; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Terry and Ms. Payne first met during a Christian |
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band concert at a Longview church on September 16, 2006; they began |
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dating, with the blessing of Kendra's father, on Christmas Eve, |
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2006, and with the blessing of her parents, became engaged on the |
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floor of the Texas House of Representatives on March 13, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple plan to be wed on June 30, 2007, and for |
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their honeymoon, they are taking a Carnival Caribbean cruise to |
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Cozumel, Mexico, the Cayman Islands, and Montego Bay, Jamaica; and |
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WHEREAS, Cody Terry was born on September 22, 1980, in |
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Longview and graduated from White Oak High School in 1999; after |
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receiving a degree in political science from The University of |
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Texas at Tyler in 2003, he joined the staff of Representative Tommy |
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Merritt, and since 2004, he has served as district director for |
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Representative Bryan Hughes; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Ballinger, Ms. Payne was born on May 20, |
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1987, and graduated from East Texas Christian School in Longview in |
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2005; she is presently studying photography at Kilgore College, |
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where she is a member of the Class of 2008; while developing her |
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technical and artistic skills, she works with Meadowbrook Daycare |
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in Kilgore and coaches cheerleading at her alma mater; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Payne desires to always be involved in the |
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ministry and the church, and ultimately and most importantly to be a |
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godly wife to her husband and a godly mother to their children; and |
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WHEREAS, Taking to heart the injunction of Luke 12:48, "to |
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whom much is given, much is required," this young couple will be |
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devoted witnesses to their faith in whatever fields of endeavor |
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they may pursue, and it is the sense of this chamber that they will |
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find great joy and fulfillment as they seek to realize their shared |
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dreams and aspirations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Stephen Cody Terry on gaining the |
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hand of his beloved, and extend to Kendra Michelle Payne sincere |
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best wishes for much happiness as she and her fiance prepare to |
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embark on their new life as husband and wife; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Terry and Ms. Payne as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |