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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Mildred Orville |
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Guilmenot Gipson of Bexar County, who passed away on December 6, |
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2007, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Corpus Christi on January 25, 1914, to |
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Richard Arthur and Millie Evers Guilmenot, Orville Gipson grew up |
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in San Antonio, where she was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church; |
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after graduating from Frederick Douglass High School, she continued |
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her education at St. Philip's College; and |
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WHEREAS, In September 1941, she married Earl D. Gipson, with |
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whom she shared more than 40 years and raised a beloved son, Earl |
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Gipson, Jr.; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering her nation's call to duty during World War |
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II, Mrs. Gipson became a "Kelly Katie" at the San Antonio Air |
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Service Command at Kelly Field, where thousands of civilian women |
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contributed to the war effort by maintaining the nation's |
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warplanes; Mrs. Gipson particularly excelled in the repair and |
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rebuilding of aircraft instruments; after Kelly Field became Kelly |
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Air Force Base in 1948, this esteemed Texan earned the distinction |
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of being the first woman to serve as equipment management officer |
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for the motor pool; she retired in 1982 after nearly four decades of |
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dedicated service; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Gipson also contributed generously to her |
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community; with her lifelong friend, Henrietta Roberts Stevenson, |
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she cofounded the Carver Community Cultural Center Volunteers, a |
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group that supports and facilitates the events and performances |
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held at this notable cultural institution; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of great intellectual curiosity, Mrs. Gipson |
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amassed a large personal library and sought to instill in all the |
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children in her life an appreciation of literature, history, and |
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the arts; and |
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WHEREAS, This capable and caring woman enriched the lives of |
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many during her journey on this earth, and the memory of her kind |
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and generous spirit will be forever treasured by those who were |
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privileged to share in the warmth of her love and friendship; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Mildred Orville |
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Guilmenot Gipson and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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her family: to her son, Earl Gipson, Jr., and his wife, Erma Jean; |
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to her sister, Betty Joan Green; to her brother, Warren Guilmenot, |
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and his wife, Juanita; to her six granddaughters; to her 12 nieces |
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and nephews; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mildred |
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Orville Guilmenot Gipson. |