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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Dorothy Pujoue was born on October 21, 1944, in |
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Rayne, Louisiana; she attended Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School, |
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where she received her primary education; and |
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WHEREAS, She later moved to Houston, Texas, with her family |
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and resided in the Studewood Community; she attended and graduated |
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from Booker T. Washington High School in the 1960s; and |
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WHEREAS, Along with her niece, Diane Miles, and great-nephew |
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Borris Miles, she traveled to East Palo Alto, California, on a |
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Greyhound bus in 1966 for a vacation and decided to stay; while in |
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California, she worked at the Emporium Store in Stanford, in the |
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children's department; even though she was not blessed with |
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children of her own, she loved kids; she later worked at Fairchild |
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Electronics; and |
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WHEREAS, She moved to Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s; |
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she received her nursing degree at Pacific Coast Junior College |
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while working in the field of electronics; and |
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WHEREAS, She returned to Houston after she was injured on the |
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job she retained in the electronics field, and her beloved dog |
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Javier returned with her; she purchased a house at 5110 Porter Ridge |
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with her settlement, a fixer-upper that she turned into her dream |
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house with the help of her family; when Javier passed, she adopted |
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another puppy, Precious, who lived until a couple of years ago; and |
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WHEREAS, She worked as a private duty nurse for many years; |
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she also worked at Westbury Center and cared for Alzheimer's |
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patients; she was with her niece, Diane, when she met her husband of |
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18 years, Lionel Pujoue; she was devoted to her husband and her job; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Her nieces and nephews always took their problems to |
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her; she would always share her wisdom and philosophy of life; she |
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believed that you only live once, so you should have fun while doing |
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it; when faced with challenges she always stated that "I'm going to |
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live my life regardless!"; and |
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WHEREAS, She had six brothers and four sisters, Stella |
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Bernard Mercier, Lucille Bernard Richards (deceased), Nelson |
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Bernard (deceased), William Bernard, D. W. Bernard, Mary Louise |
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Bernard Diggles (deceased), Clifton Bernard, Elton Joseph Bernard, |
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and Linda Bernard Simon; she has 19 nieces, 12 nephews, and a host |
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of great-nephews and great-nieces; now, therefore, be it |
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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 Dorothy |
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Pujoue; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That when the House of Representatives of the 80th |
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Texas Legislature adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dorothy |
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Pujoue. |
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Thompson |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1865 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 2, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |