SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1020

In Memory

of

Mary Jane Kitchens

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and commemorates the life of Mary Jane Kitchens, who died April 22, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Mary Jane Kitchens was the descendant of Methodist circuit rider minister Thomas Jefferson Burt and of Mary Telitha Shasteen Burt, her grandmother, the first woman judge in Fort Sumner, New Mexico; her father, Walter Hall, was an early Austin radio program fiddler who played weekly requests for Governor Ma Ferguson; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Kitchens shared 54 years of marriage with her husband, the late Clyde William Kitchens, Sr.; she was a retired accountant and office manager for Sage, Incorporated; and

WHEREAS, Active in community affairs, Mrs. Kitchens was involved with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Post 10458 and the World War II 36th Division Recon Reunion; she was also committed to her work as a Sunday school teacher; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Kitchens was devoted to her family and was a beloved member of her community, and she will continue to live in the hearts and minds of those she left behind; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 80th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved family of Mary Jane Kitchens: her son, George W. Kitchens; her daughters and son-in-law, Lina L. Wintz and Ina M. Faulk and Jim Faulk; and her 15 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the members of her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary Jane Kitchens.

Watson

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 14, 2007, by a rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate