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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The loved ones of Juanita Daughtrey of Powderly were |
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greatly saddened by her passing on February 8, 2009, at the age of |
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86; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on January 9, 1923, in Lawton, Oklahoma, the |
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former Nita Blaylock was the daughter of Richard and Julia |
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Blaylock; she graduated from Lawton High School and attended |
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Cameron College in her hometown; in 1942, she became the wife of |
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Orie Daughtrey and with him shared a fulfilling relationship until |
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the time of his passing in 1977; fortunate to find love a second |
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time, she married Leslie Turner, who passed away in 1994; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Daughtrey was employed as a legal secretary |
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with the civil service at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Camp Campbell, |
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Kentucky, and in the offices of Dick and Brad Hutchison in Paris, |
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Texas, and she was a teacher's aide at Aaron Parker Elementary |
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School in Powderly; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the Woman's Missionary Union at Bounds |
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Baptist Church, she taught Sunday school and served her fellow |
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congregants as librarian, secretary, and treasurer; Mrs. Daughtrey |
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further supported her community as a literacy program volunteer |
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tutor and member of the Order of the Eastern Star; in her leisure |
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time, she enjoyed playing table games, reading, and cooking; and |
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WHEREAS, Nita Daughtrey lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts of those |
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fortunate enough to have shared in her love and friendship; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Juanita Daughtrey and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Peggy Carpenter and her husband, Gene, and Sonny Daughtrey and his |
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wife, Judy; to her grandchildren and their spouses, Brent and Wendy |
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Chadwick, Angie and Jeremy Wheat, Cassidy and Ernie Emeyabbi, |
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Bailee Roberts, Kevin and Kelli Carpenter, and Terrilynn Carpenter; |
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to her great-grandchildren, Laramie, Jaylen, Braden, Chloe, Ana |
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Claire, Kade, and Kasen; to her sisters, Colleen Green and June |
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Rosheim; and to her other relatives and 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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Nita Daughtrey. |