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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with many joyful times may |
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comfort the family and friends of Texarkana resident Flora Eugenia |
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Davis, who passed away on April 26, 2007, at the age of 101; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 23, 1905, Mrs. Davis was a resident |
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of Bowie County for more than nine decades and the widow of Walter |
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McDonald Davis; the pair were wed for 50 years until his passing in |
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1975, and enjoyed a marriage that was blessed with a large and |
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loving family; and |
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WHEREAS, This cherished wife, mother, and grandmother was a |
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woman of diverse interests and abilities; an outstanding |
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seamstress, she was a skilled musician, having played piano and |
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organ for the Harmony Grove and Pleasant Grove Christian Churches; |
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in addition, she was a gifted storyteller, whose flair for the |
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dramatic, natural narrative talent, and infectious sense of humor |
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delighted countless individuals through the years; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than a century, Flora Eugenia Davis |
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brightened the lives of all who were privileged to know her; she |
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will be deeply missed, but her legacy will live on in the hearts of |
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those whose lives she touched with her warmth and kindness; now, |
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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 Flora Eugenia Davis |
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and extend sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Jettye Eugenia Davis Skelton, Esta Ann Davis Smith, Donna Jane |
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Davis Amaral, and Walter McDonald "Buster" Davis, Jr.; to her 10 |
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grandchildren; to her many great-grandchildren and |
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great-great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Flora |
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Eugenia Davis. |
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Frost |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1963 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 16, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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