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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the caring nature of |
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philanthropist Martha Jane Huddle of Baytown, who died on March 4, |
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2007, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Martha Jane Huddle was born in Caldwell on January |
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14, 1919; she graduated from Sam Houston State University with a |
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degree in business and was initially employed at Citizen's National |
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Bank; deciding to change careers, she earned her teaching |
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certification and a master's degree in education from the |
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University of Houston, and she taught second grade at Alamo |
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Elementary School for 22 years before retiring in 1986; and |
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WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Douglas Huddle, Jr., Mrs. |
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Huddle was a steadfast supporter of Lee College, and the couple |
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served on the Friends of Lee College board and the library board; |
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to recognize Mrs. Huddle's many contributions to the institution, |
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Lee College named a campus courtyard in her honor; her volunteer |
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efforts also extended to other local organizations, including the |
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American Cancer Society and the Kiwanis Club of Baytown, which has |
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created a scholarship fund in her memory that will be offered to |
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students at Lee College; and |
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WHEREAS, Held in the highest regard by all who knew her, |
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Martha Jane Huddle brought a generosity of spirit and an unfailing |
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integrity to all of her endeavors, and she built a life that was |
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remarkably rich, filled with family, friends, and numerous |
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accomplishments; 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 Martha Jane Huddle and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband |
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of 64 years, Douglas O. Huddle, Jr.; to her children, Cindy |
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McGlothlin and her husband, Pat, and Doug Huddle and his wife, |
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Diane; to her grandchildren, Shawn and Tami McGlothlin, Benjamin |
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Jackson, Brian and Shannon Hall, and Dr. Timothy J. Jackson; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Kayli, Brianna, and Aidan McGlothlin, Saige |
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Wimberly, Kayla Huddle, and Brenden Hall; to her sister, Georgia |
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Fay Robbins; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Martha Jane |
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Huddle. |