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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of San Antonio lost a cherished teacher, |
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writer, and community activist with the passing of Sharon Eileen |
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Gibbs on August 11, 2007, at the age of 60; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1947 to Lieutenant Colonel Jack Gibbs and |
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Dorothy Gibbs in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sharon Gibbs relocated |
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with her family to Arlington, Virginia, where she graduated from |
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Bishop O'Connell High School; she went on to attend Wheeling Jesuit |
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College in West Virginia, and in 1971, she won the prestigious |
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Peabody Award for her work at the WWVA Radio station in Wheeling; |
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WHEREAS, This talented journalist earned a master's degree |
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from The University of Texas at San Antonio and was a news editor |
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for the San Antonio Light and for the Stars and Stripes; and |
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WHEREAS, Her true passion, however, was education, and she |
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began teaching at middle schools in low-income neighborhoods; Ms. |
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Gibbs took a hands-on approach in the classroom, and through her |
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history lessons, she challenged and inspired her students; |
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moreover, she was a compassionate volunteer, and she devoted many |
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hours to serving the less privileged members of her community; and |
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WHEREAS, Sharon Gibbs touched the lives of countless |
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individuals with her kind and joyful nature, and she will forever be |
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remembered with great admiration and affection by all who were |
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fortunate enough to 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 pay tribute to the life of Sharon Eileen Gibbs |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter, Shana Gibbs; to her brothers, Phillip, John, and Terrance |
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Gibbs; and to her other relatives and many 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 Sharon |
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Gibbs. |
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Solomons |
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Alvarado |
Gonzales |
Miller of Comal |
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Anchia |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Miller of Erath |
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Aycock |
Gutierrez |
Morrison |
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Branch |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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Brown of Kaufman |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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Brown of Brazos |
Heflin |
Parker |
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Callegari |
Hilderbran |
Peña |
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Cohen |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Coleman |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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Craddick |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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Crownover |
Keffer |
Sheffield |
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Davis of Harris |
King of Parker |
Smith of Tarrant |
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Davis of Dallas |
King of Taylor |
Smith of Harris |
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Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Smithee |
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Driver |
Kleinschmidt |
Solomons |
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Eiland |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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Elkins |
Lucio III |
Turner of Tarrant |
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England |
Madden |
Turner of Harris |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Farrar |
Marquez |
Villarreal |
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Flores |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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Gallego |
McReynolds |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 413 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 26, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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