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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 Donna |
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Jean Evans of Fort Worth, who died on January 30, 2009, at the age of |
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55; and |
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WHEREAS, Donna Jean Evans was born in Fort Worth on March 20, |
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1953, to L. D. and Emma Jean Evans; she attended Fort Worth schools |
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and Tarrant County Junior College; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Evans graduated from the University of Houston |
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with a bachelor's degree in sociology and political science, and |
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she pursued graduate studies in urban affairs and public |
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administration; and |
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WHEREAS, This talented professional went on to a rich and |
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productive career in county and state government; in Tarrant |
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County, she worked as an urban planner, as a staff assistant for the |
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commissioners court, and as a coordinator for the Mayor's Council; |
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she also served as the administrator and chief of staff for former |
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Texas state representative Glenn Lewis of House District 95 in Fort |
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Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, In spite of her busy professional responsibilities, |
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Ms. Evans found time to give back to her community as a member of the |
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Order of the Eastern Star and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; she also |
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focused her energy and expertise on many worthwhile community |
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projects; a woman of strong faith, she was a lifetime member of |
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Baker Chapel A.M.E. Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Donna Jean Evans lived a full and generous life, one |
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devoted to her community, her faith, and public service, and she |
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will be forever remembered with great affection and admiration by |
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all who held her dear; 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 Donna Jean Evans and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sisters, Emma E. Brown and her husband, Paul, Thelma Foreman, and |
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Cheree M. Evans; to her brothers, Lawrence D. Evans and Allen C. |
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Evans and his wife, Estella; to her nieces, Annette Foreman and |
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Tijuana Smith; to her nephews, Kevin Foreman and Carlos Campbell; |
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to her extended family, Gloria Griggs, Doris Vaughn, Marilyn Dogan, |
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Marsha Knox, Jackie Lewis, Joree Williams, and Lapaula Goss; to her |
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special cousin, Viola Bradley; and to her other relatives and many |
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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 Donna Jean |
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Evans. |
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Veasey |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 870 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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