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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Eunice A. Cooksey of Clifton commemorated a special |
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milestone in her life with the celebration of her 90th birthday on |
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October 12, 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, A native Texan, the former Eunice Reesing was born |
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in the Cooper community near Clifton, the 11th child of Oscar and |
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Emma Reesing; she received baptism at Trinity Lutheran Church and |
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graduated from Clifton High School; and |
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WHEREAS, Married to Raymond W. Cooksey in 1941, she lived |
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with her husband in the Hitchland and Oslo communities in Hansford |
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County after his return from serving overseas in World War II; in |
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1952 they bought the Cooksey Grocery Store, which Mrs. Cooksey |
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managed until its sale in 1955; four years later, Eunice and Raymond |
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Cooksey built the Huddle Drive Inn in Gruver, and Mrs. Cooksey |
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managed that business as well; the couple returned in 1968 to |
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Clifton, where they purchased and renovated a restaurant that they |
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named the Cooksey Place, and they operated that enterprise until |
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their retirement in 1989; and |
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WHEREAS, Following a two-year residency in a Granbury |
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retirement community, Mrs. Cooksey and her husband moved back to |
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Clifton in 1991 and rejoined their church family at Trinity |
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Lutheran; the marriage of this beloved couple endured for nearly 55 |
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years, until Mr. Cooksey's death in 1995; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Eunice Cooksey continues to live |
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independently at her home and plays an active role at Immanuel |
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Lutheran Church; she is the mother of four children, Joyce W. |
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Powell, Pamela K. Owens, James L. Cooksey, and the late John A. |
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Cooksey, and the grandmother of Rhett, Christie, and Hunter |
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Hoestenbach, Craig, Ky, and Katharyn Cooksey, Kimberly and Kyle |
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Bartels, and the late Kevin Bartels; and |
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WHEREAS, Eunice Cooksey is deeply cherished for her kind and |
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caring nature, and her nine decades of life well lived are an |
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inspiration to all who know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Eunice A. Cooksey on her 90th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Cooksey as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |