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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 21st, 1944 |
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in Rayne, Louisiana. She attended Our Mother of Mercy Catholic |
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School 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 Javier |
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returned with her. She purchased a house at 5110 Porter Ridge with |
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her settlement, a fixer upper that she turned into her dream house |
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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 |
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of 18 years, Lionel Pujoue. She was devoted to her husband and her |
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job.; 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 of |
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great nephews and 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 the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas |
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Legislature adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dorothy Pujoue. |