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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mildred L. Phillips of San Antonio celebrated her |
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60th birthday on February 20, 2008, marking a very special |
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milestone in the life of this outstanding Texan; and |
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WHEREAS, A magna cum laude graduate of Dunbar High School in |
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Livingston, the former Mildred Williams earned her LVN |
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certification in 1967 and worked for a time at Polk County Hospital; |
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she went on to complete registered nurse training at the Baptist |
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Health System School of Health Professions in San Antonio and to |
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join the nursing staff of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care, where her |
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career spanned more than 25 years and included service as director |
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of case management; following a three-month retirement, she |
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returned to work as a case manager at Baptist Health System; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Phillips has further distinguished herself as |
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deaconess and youth director at Mount Sinai Baptist Church and |
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deputy chief of staff and program coordinator for the American |
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Baptist Eastern General Association of Texas; in addition, she |
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generously shares her time in behalf of the community through a |
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variety of charitable endeavors; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, this esteemed woman is the |
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loving wife of Lee Phillips, whom she married on March 27, 1970, and |
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the proud mother of Marc Jermaine Phillips and Stephanie Nicole |
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Phillips; moreover, she delights in the company of her |
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grandchildren, Marquis and Ashley Finch and Jordan Phillips, and |
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she enjoys a close relationship with her younger siblings; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mildred Phillips has inspired |
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others with her dedication, her faith, and her kind and caring |
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nature, and it is a great pleasure to recognize her six decades of |
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life well lived; 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 Mildred L. Phillips on her 60th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Phillips as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |