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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Daisy |
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DeLeon Hannah Procter of Houston, who passed away on January 14, |
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2009; and |
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WHEREAS, The eldest child of Reba and Mack Hannah, the former |
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Daisy Hannah earned her bachelor's degree from West Virginia State |
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University; she continued her schooling at Texas Southern |
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University, where she graduated with a master's degree in |
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education, and she gave 34 years of faithful service to the Houston |
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Independent School District before her retirement in 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Procter was active in a number of |
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organizations, serving as a member of Jack and Jill of America and |
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the Houston Public Library board; in addition, she belonged to the |
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for more than a half-century and took |
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great pride in her 60-year affiliation with The Coterie, a local |
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social club; and |
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WHEREAS, Daisy Hannah Procter touched the lives of many |
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people throughout the decades, and she will be remembered fondly by |
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all those who were privileged to share in her love and friendship; |
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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 Daisy DeLeon Hannah |
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Procter and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her children, Reba Huff and Harrel G. Tillman, Jr., and his wife, |
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Carol; to her grandchildren, Keith G. Huff, Jr., Mack and Gabrielle |
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Hickman, and Lauren and Blake Tillman; to her mother, Reba Hannah; |
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to her sister, Barbra Keys, and her husband, Daniel; to her |
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sister-in-law, Eve Hannah; to her nieces, Jane Flowers and her |
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husband, George, Marguerite Middleton and her husband, Preston, and |
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Robin McIntyre and her husband, Kheil; to her nephews, Corby Hannah |
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and his wife, Terri, Craig Hannah, and Joseph Johnson and his wife, |
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Rene; to her cousins, Phyllis Ellis, Novella Corzine, and Theresa |
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Jackson; to her dear friend, Jo Louise Johnson; and to her other |
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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 Daisy |
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Hannah Procter. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 580 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 5, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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