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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Dallas has lost an admired civic leader |
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with the passing of Lillian M. Cooper, who died on April 15, 2007, |
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at the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in San Augustine on May 17, 1934, Mrs. Cooper |
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moved to Dallas in 1952, following her graduation from high school; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan gave generously of her time and |
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talents to many civic organizations and other worthy causes; she |
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was associated with the Greater Dallas Housing Opportunity Center, |
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the Senior Citizens of Metropolitan Dallas, the Dallas Homeowners |
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League, Friends of Fair Park, and the League of Women Voters; she |
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also served as president of Our Brothers Keeper--NDUGU, a drug |
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abuse and addiction outreach program, and assisted teachers and |
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administrators with the care of students at the Charles Rice |
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Learning Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Equally engaged in the political arena, she held |
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membership in the Dallas chapter of the Texas Women's Political |
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Caucus and served for many years as a precinct chair for the Dallas |
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County Democratic Party; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Lillian Montgomery married Joseph Cooper |
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on April 16, 1953, and the couple enjoyed a rewarding union of 54 |
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years; Mrs. Cooper became the devoted mother of a stepson and three |
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daughters; and |
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WHEREAS, Lillian Cooper touched and enriched the lives of |
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countless residents of the Dallas area, and those who shared in her |
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love and friendship will forever hold her close in their hearts; |
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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 Lillian M. Cooper and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Joseph Cooper; to her daughters, Jacqueline Jones, Denise |
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Clayton and her husband, Eric, and Nancy Hall and her husband, |
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Carlton; to her stepson, Billy Joe Cooper and his wife, Darlena; to |
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her sisters, Estelle Scott, Fannie Hoyt, Margaret Fisher, and |
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Madlyn Ellis and her husband, Clarence; to her grandchildren, |
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Bridgett, Michael, and Michelle Cooper and Billy Joe Cooper, Jr., |
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Venisa, Johnny, and Rickey Jones, Joseph, Candace, and Erika |
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Clayton and Eric Clayton II, and James, Jennifer, and Jasmine Hall; |
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to her 21 great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and many |
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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 Lillian M. |
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Cooper. |
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Hodge |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1818 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 18, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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