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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Earlean Anderson Lang Mitchell of San Antonio |
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celebrated the joyous occasion of her 80th birthday on July 14, |
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2008; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Mrs. Mitchell was |
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born in Jacksonville in 1928; she graduated from Emmett Scott High |
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School in 1944 and went on to attend Tillotson College, Texas |
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College, Texas Southern University, and Southwest Texas State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Mitchell served as a secretary to the Smith |
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County agricultural agents and the Tyler school district before |
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relocating to San Antonio in 1960; after a tenure with St. Philip's |
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College, she joined the staff at Kelly Air Force Base, and during |
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her notable 27-year career she served in Vietnam, Greece, and |
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Germany; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, she enjoys the love and affection of her |
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daughters, Linda Lang Yates, LePaula Lang Jarmon, and Gloria Lang |
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Jones and her husband, Jim, as well as four grandchildren, Matari |
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Jones Gunter, Jibri Jones, Kisha Yates Harper, and Jabari Yates, |
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and two great-grandchildren, Aneesa Harper and Theodore Henry |
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Gunter; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued member of her community, Mrs. Mitchell |
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attends Porter Memorial C.M.E. Church, where she serves her |
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congregation as a member of the stewardess board, missionary |
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society, and finance office; in her free time, she enjoys traveling |
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and spending time with family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Earlean Mitchell's 80th birthday provided a welcome |
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opportunity for her loved ones to share with her a small bit of the |
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joy she has imparted to others throughout her life and to remind her |
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of the high regard in which she is held; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Earlean Anderson Lang Mitchell on her 80th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Mitchell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |