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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Mary |
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Rosalie Freeman Birdsong of Plainview, who passed away on February |
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2, 2009, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of John W. and Chloe Strout Flipping, |
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the former Rosalie Flipping was born on April 19, 1923, in Quanah; |
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she grew up in Hart and later graduated from Springlake-Earth High |
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School; in 1943, she was joined in marriage to E. C. Eldridge |
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Freeman; the couple shared nearly four decades together and were |
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blessed with a son, Mike; and |
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WHEREAS, After her husband's death in 1981, Mrs. Freeman |
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relocated to Plainview; fortunate enough to find love a second |
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time, she married Tony Birdsong in 1991 and enjoyed more than a |
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decade with him until his passing in 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Freeman Birdsong held a career with H&R Block |
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before her retirement; active in her community, she was a member of |
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the Garland Street Church of Christ and the Home Demonstration |
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Club; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan led a caring and purposeful |
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life, and she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts of |
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all those who shared in her love and friendship; now, therefore, be |
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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 Mary Rosalie |
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Freeman Birdsong and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her son, Judge Mike Freeman, and his wife, Karon; to her |
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three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; 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 Mary |
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Rosalie Freeman Birdsong. |