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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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and |
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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. |