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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A 50th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of love |
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and shared experiences, and the Reverend Norvell Allen and Opal |
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Allen are celebrating this joyous milestone in their marriage on |
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June 18, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend and Mrs. Allen were joined in matrimony in |
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1957 at a ceremony held at the Good Samaritan Baptist Church in |
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Waco; through the years, they have been blessed with a treasured |
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family that includes two children, Robbin and Alma, and their |
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spouses, as well as their grandchildren and great-grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A U.S. Army veteran, Reverend Allen worked in the VA |
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Hospital in Waco and later for San Angelo Independent School |
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District; a man of deep faith, he was the assistant pastor of |
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Bethlehem Baptist Church in Big Lake for 32 years and pastor of |
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Mount Zion Baptist Church in Ozona for more than 20 years; in |
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addition, he was a chaplain in the Texas Army National Guard; and |
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WHEREAS, Opal Allen earned her bachelor's degree from Paul |
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Quinn College and her master's degree in education from Angelo |
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State University; beginning in the early 1970s, she taught world |
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history at Central High School, a position she held for 30 years; in |
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addition to fulfilling her family and work responsibilities, she |
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has been an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma and often assisted in |
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her husband's ministries; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend and Mrs. Allen have enjoyed five decades of |
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abiding love and affection for one another, and they are among an |
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exceptional group of men and women who can claim such a lasting |
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commitment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Reverend Norvell Allen and Opal |
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Allen on their golden wedding anniversary and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Reverend and Mrs. Allen as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2074 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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