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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Margaret Hughes of Houston on |
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April 9, 2007, has deeply saddened her family and friends, yet the |
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memory of her full and rewarding life remains to comfort them in |
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their time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1910 in Natick, Massachusetts, Mary Hughes |
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graduated from high school in 1927 and earned her teaching |
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certificate from Framingham Normal School in 1929; after working as |
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a substitute teacher in the Natick area, she was employed at the |
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Mary Gilson School, where she taught first and second grades in a |
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two-room schoolhouse; she met her future husband, Charles Anthony |
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Hughes, Sr., at a dance; they were wed in 1937, and they moved to |
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Houston in 1949; a devoted wife and mother, she raised 13 children |
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with her husband; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for her interest in the history of her adopted |
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home state, Mary Hughes was an active member of the Texas State |
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Historical Society; in 1999, her children established the Mary M. |
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Hughes Research Fellowship in Texas History in honor of her 89th |
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birthday and her 50th year as a resident of the Lone Star State; in |
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addition, a scholarship was created in her name at Canisius High |
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School in Buffalo, New York; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Hughes was an active and vital woman who took |
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great joy in traveling to Alaska, Hawaii, and other destinations, |
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reading, and following sports; her long and fruitful life was an |
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inspiration to her family and to the many friends she made through |
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the years, and she will be fondly remembered and deeply missed; 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 Mary Margaret Hughes |
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and offer condolences to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Charles Hughes, Jr., and his wife, Josephine, Mary Stevens and her |
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husband, Dave, Ann Smith and her husband, James, Pat Kirk, Thomas |
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Hughes and his wife, Sandra, Joseph Hughes and his wife, Mary, |
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Winnie Williamson and her husband, Pat, William Humphrey Hughes and |
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his wife, Linda, Therese Palermo and her husband, Tom, Bernie |
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Hughes, Ginny Rich and her husband, David Simpson, Josey Reynolds |
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and her husband, Craig, and Helen Vandergriff and her husband, |
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David; to her 31 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; to her |
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siblings, Virginia and John; and to her other relatives and |
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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 Mary |
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Margaret Hughes. |