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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 Jo |
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Bartlett of Taylor, who died on February 22, 2009, at the age of 65; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Jo Bartlett was born in Temple on April 3, 1943, |
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to Thomas and Flora Simonington Barrett; and |
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WHEREAS, The first woman police officer in the history of |
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Williamson County, Ms. Bartlett began her career as a patrol |
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officer with the Taylor Police Department in 1977; and |
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WHEREAS, She worked her way up in a male-dominated field, |
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earning promotions to the rank of sergeant and lieutenant, and |
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finishing her distinguished 23-year career as a detective in the |
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criminal investigations division; she retired in 2000; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Jo Bartlett was an exemplary peace officer |
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whose tenacity and determination earned her much respect from her |
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fellow officers; off duty, she was a caring and compassionate |
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friend and mother who had a wonderful sense of humor and a kind |
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disposition, and she will be forever remembered by all those who |
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knew and loved 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 Mary Jo Bartlett and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Mark Bartlett and Brian Bartlett and his wife, Shannon; to her |
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sister, Betty Emmert, and her husband, Jack; to her brother, Terry |
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Barrett; to her four grandchildren; and to her other relatives and |
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many 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 Jo |
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Bartlett. |