H.C.R. No. 77
 
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Residents of Longview lost an admired community
  leader and renowned philanthropist with the passing of Rose Shipton
  Pickens Kirkpatrick on January 14, 2009, at the age of 79; and
         WHEREAS, Born to Eudora and Jack Pickens on August 22, 1929,
  the former Rose Pickens was raised in her hometown of Little Rock,
  Arkansas, where her father was a political pioneer and proprietor
  of one of the state's largest general contracting firms; she
  graduated from Little Rock High School and later attended Ogontz
  Junior College in Philadelphia, which is now part of Pennsylvania
  State University; she went on to marry Kenneth L. Kirkpatrick, of
  Fort Smith, Arkansas, on September 6, 1952, in Little Rock; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick relocated to the Lone Star
  State and lived in Lubbock and Dallas before settling in Longview in
  1963; they became the owners of R&K Distributors, Inc., an
  Anheuser-Busch distributor for the East Texas region, and were soon
  supporting numerous charitable endeavors in Longview; the couple
  hosted fund-raisers for local organizations in the "Michelob Room,"
  a space in their company's warehouse that had been built for that
  specific purpose; and
         WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Kirkpatrick devoted
  countless hours to serving the community of Longview; among the
  many organizations that benefited from her involvement are Trinity
  Episcopal Church, the Gregg County Historical Museum, the Longview
  Museum of Fine Arts, the Humane Society of Northeast Texas, the
  Longview Community Theatre, and the Crisman School; and
         WHEREAS, This devoted volunteer was also on the board of the
  Good Shepherd Foundation, and she was a loyal supporter of the
  Trinity School of Texas, contributing to the construction of two
  buildings and to numerous other campus projects and events;
  moreover, she was active in the Daughters of the American
  Revolution and the Junior League chapters of every city she lived
  in, and she was a founding member of the Longview Longfellows
  Debutante Ball; her civic contributions earned her various
  accolades, including the East Texas Heritage Award and the Honoree
  of the Year designation by the American Heart Association, and she
  was selected as the honorary chair of the Cattle Baron's Ball by the
  local chapter of the American Cancer Society; and
         WHEREAS, Rose Kirkpatrick was committed to ensuring a bright
  future for the citizens of Longview, and she leaves behind an
  extraordinary legacy of generosity and community engagement that
  will forever be treasured by all those who were fortunate enough to
  know her; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby pay tribute to the life of Rose Shipton Pickens Kirkpatrick
  and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her
  daughters, Gail Elizabeth Pickens Kirkpatrick Martin and her
  husband, John Carmichael Martin III, Rose Kimberly Kirkpatrick, and
  Victoria Shipton Kirkpatrick and her husband, Bruce Bridges; to her
  grandchildren, Victoria Kimberly Martin Bonnen and her husband,
  State Representative Dennis Bonnen, Jaclyn Gail Pickens Martin
  Abernathy and her husband, Clay Abernathy, John Kenneth Martin,
  Alexandra Rose Cox, Ryan Kirkpatrick Cox, and Julia Shipton Cook;
  to her great-grandchildren, David Jackson Carmichael Bonnen,
  Gregory James Bonnen, and Jack Madison Abernathy; to her
  sister-in-law, Gail Kirkpatrick Tompkins; to her brother-in-law,
  Frederick Calhoun Kirkpatrick, Jr.; and to her other relatives and
  friends; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of
  Rose Kirkpatrick.
 
  Merritt
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 77 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on March 3, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 77 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the Senate on June 1, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor