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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Roslyn |
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Davis Sample of Powderly, who died on February 18, 2009, at the age |
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of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, Roslyn Davis was born on November 11, 1927, to Lloyd |
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and Evelyn Coursey Davis; she was joined in matrimony to Tom Sample |
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in 1945, and together they were blessed with a daughter, a |
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grandchild, three great-grandchildren, and two |
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great-great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her adult life, Mrs. Sample served her |
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community as a volunteer, working with the American Red Cross, the |
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Girl Scouts, the Maxey House, Family Haven, the Retired and Senior |
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Volunteer Program, and other organizations; she served on the |
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boards of RSVP and the Northeast Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug |
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Abuse; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Sample was especially active as a supporter of |
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Paris Junior College, beginning with her work as an adult education |
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outreach counselor from 1980 to 1982; starting in 1993, she served |
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on many committees and projects of the school's Alumni and Friends |
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Association; she chaired the scholarship endowment fund-raising |
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luncheon, and she was a longtime member of the college's alumni |
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board, including three terms as president, from 1996 to 1999; for |
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her tireless efforts in behalf of the school, she was named a |
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Distinguished Friend of Paris Junior College in 2002; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, Roslyn |
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Sample dedicated her life to her family and to the betterment of her |
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community, and the memory of her energy and her commitment to others |
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will continue to inspire all who were fortunate enough to know her; |
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now, 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 Roslyn Davis Sample and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her husband of |
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63 years, Tom Sample; to her daughter, Linda Sample Bratcher, and |
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her husband, Richard; to her granddaughter, Sarah Upchurch; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Sara Beth Upchurch, Cody Upchurch and his |
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wife, Mallory, and Charli Gabeline and her husband, Chad; to her |
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great-great-grandchildren, Gavin Upchurch and Kylar Gabeline; to |
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her sister, Bille Viehe, and her husband, Mike; to her nephew, Mike |
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Viehe, Jr., and his wife, Brigitte, and their two daughters, |
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Brittany and Blair; to her special friend, Annie; and to her other |
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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 Senate and House of |
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Representatives adjourn this day, they do so in memory of Roslyn |
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Davis Sample. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 107 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 107 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the Senate on April 21, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |