H.R. No. 413
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Residents of San Antonio lost a cherished teacher,
  writer, and community activist with the passing of Sharon Eileen
  Gibbs on August 11, 2007, at the age of 60; and
         WHEREAS, Born in 1947 to Lieutenant Colonel Jack Gibbs and
  Dorothy Gibbs in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sharon Gibbs relocated
  with her family to Arlington, Virginia, where she graduated from
  Bishop O'Connell High School; she went on to attend Wheeling Jesuit
  College in West Virginia, and in 1971, she won the prestigious
  Peabody Award for her work at the WWVA Radio station in Wheeling;
  and
         WHEREAS, This talented journalist earned a master's degree
  from The University of Texas at San Antonio and was a news editor
  for the San Antonio Light and for the Stars and Stripes; and
         WHEREAS, Her true passion, however, was education, and she
  began teaching at middle schools in low-income neighborhoods; Ms.
  Gibbs took a hands-on approach in the classroom, and through her
  history lessons, she challenged and inspired her students;
  moreover, she was a compassionate volunteer, and she devoted many
  hours to serving the less privileged members of her community; and
         WHEREAS, Sharon Gibbs touched the lives of countless
  individuals with her kind and joyful nature, and she will forever be
  remembered with great admiration and affection by all who were
  fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sharon Eileen Gibbs
  and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her
  daughter, Shana Gibbs; to her brothers, Phillip, John, and Terrance
  Gibbs; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Sharon
  Gibbs.
 
  Solomons
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 413 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House