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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Frances |
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Robbie Wileman Dudley of Austin, who died on December 15, 2006, at |
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the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 15, 1939, to T. L. and Mary |
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Wileman, Mrs. Dudley grew up in Randlett, Oklahoma, and graduated |
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from high school in 1957; she subsequently moved to Wichita Falls, |
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where she met and married her life's companion, Harold Dudley, who |
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would later serve as the campaign manager for Governor Preston |
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Smith and as the executive director of the Texas Employment |
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Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, Moving to Austin with her husband in 1965, Mrs. |
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Dudley began a long and exemplary career in Texas government and |
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public affairs; after working for the Texas Senate, she went on to |
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work for the Texas Parent-Teacher Association and the Independent |
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Cattlemen's Association; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1981 she joined the staff of State Representative |
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John Gavin of Wichita Falls, who greatly valued her expertise and |
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her friendship; she later retired as assistant director of |
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government relations for the Texas Department of Insurance; and |
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WHEREAS, An active member of the Austin community, Mrs. |
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Dudley was a committed member of the PTA, president of the Barton |
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Hills Neighborhood Association, and a member of the Garden Club and |
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the Women's Hospital Auxiliary; she also served on the executive |
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boards of Zachary Scott Theater and Artists Harvest; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Dudley was well known for her quick wit and high |
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spirits and once led spectators in the senate gallery in "the wave" |
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during an especially memorable late-night session; moreover, as a |
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member of the informal group of State Capitol women who called |
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themselves "the Rotundas," she hosted many all-night "Professional |
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Development Retreats" at her Lake Austin home, where she instigated |
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the tradition of ending each evening by howling at the moon; and |
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WHEREAS, Frances Dudley lived a life that successfully |
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balanced devotion to her family, service to her state, and a keen |
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sense of fun; her professional skill, commitment to excellence, and |
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joie de vivre will long be remembered by all who knew and loved her; |
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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 honor the life of Frances Robbie Wileman Dudley |
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and offer sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Tom and Tim Dudley; to her sisters, Charlotte Wingfield and |
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Peggy Rose and her husband, Joe; to her brother, the Reverend Larry |
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Wileman and his wife, Judy; 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 Frances |
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Dudley. |
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Smithee |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2061 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 25, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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