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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the friends and family |
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of Sylvia Elois Hadley-Jones, who passed away on April 17, 2008, at |
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the age of 51; and |
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WHEREAS, "Susta" Hadley-Jones was born in San Antonio on |
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November 19, 1956, to Thomas and Josephine Hadley; she attended Sam |
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Houston High School, where she played clarinet with the Cherokee |
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Band, sang in the choir, and served in student government; after |
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graduation, she went on to attend Texas Christian University in |
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Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Hadley-Jones had a notable career with |
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Southwestern Bell, and during her 20-year tenure, she received a |
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number of awards for her outstanding work in sales and customer |
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service; she later returned to school, earning her bachelor's |
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degree in business administration from Texas A&M |
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University--Kingsville; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her professional pursuits, Mrs. |
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Hadley-Jones helped to organize the Homegirls Club of Fort Worth |
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and charter the Kappa Lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, |
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Inc., at TCU; she further gave of her time to the congregation at |
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Beth Eden Missionary Baptist Church, where she was president of the |
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choir, an orientation teacher, drill team matron, and a member of |
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the Culinary Committee, the Original Evangelistic Team, and the |
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pastoral relations group; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Hadley-Jones was also devoted to her family; a |
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constant source of strength and comfort to her beloved daughter, |
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Amy Kristen, she was also a blessing to her granddaughter, Jayla; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Susta |
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Hadley-Jones will long remember her for her joyful and |
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compassionate spirit, and although she will be greatly missed, her |
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legacy will live on in the hearts of the many people whose lives she |
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touched; 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 memory of Sylvia Elois |
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Hadley-Jones and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her daughter, Amy; to her granddaughter, Jayla; to her |
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mother, Josephine; to her brothers, Thomas, Timothy, and his wife, |
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Eunice, and David; to her sister, Rosalind; to her nieces, Maile, |
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Lynicia Racheal, and Melina; to her nephews, Timothy, Merrill, and |
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Brandon; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it 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 Sylvia |
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Elois Hadley-Jones. |