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  H.R. No. 899
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The city of San Angelo lost a remarkable
  philanthropist with the death of Eva Camunez Tucker on June 24,
  2007, at the age of 96; and
         WHEREAS, Born in San Angelo on April 9, 1911, the former Eva
  Camunez was the daughter of Josefa and Reynaldo Camunez; they sent
  her to Incarnate Word Academy in San Antonio because of segregation
  in local schools, but eventually prevailed on San Angelo High
  School to admit her; she became its first Hispanic graduate and went
  on to earn her teaching certificate from Angelo State University;
  and
         WHEREAS, This gifted educator began her career in Mertzon;
  the town hired her to teach Mexican American children, but she could
  find no place to live there, so sheepshearers transported her from
  her residence in San Angelo; after moving on to Ballinger, she was
  soon promoted to the post of principal; she served her country
  during World War II as a mail censor and then as a translator for the
  state department in Washington, D.C.; and
         WHEREAS, On December 30, 1948, she married Art Tucker, an
  independent oilman; the couple settled in Ballinger, where Mrs.
  Tucker began running the office for her husband, a responsibility
  she carried out for nearly three decades; the couple relocated to
  Lueders after buying a refinery and enjoyed a rewarding marriage
  until Mr. Tucker's death in 1975; and
         WHEREAS, Mrs. Tucker returned to San Angelo in 1976 and built
  her husband's legacy into a sizeable fortune through her skill as an
  investor; she lived modestly in the home her father had built and
  donated millions of dollars to religious, educational, and
  charitable causes, as well as to the arts; Mrs. Tucker created the
  Up and Coming Scholars program at San Angelo State and provided
  funds not only to her own beloved St. Joseph Catholic Church, but
  also to churches around the state and in other countries; and
         WHEREAS, The myriad beneficiaries of the Art and Eva Camunez
  Tucker Foundation included the West Texas Rehabilitation Center,
  the San Angelo Symphony, the Concho Valley Home for Girls, and the
  West Texas Collection of San Angelo University; Mrs. Tucker was a
  patron to such West Texas artists as painter Rene Alvarado and
  sculptor Raul Ruiz, from whom she commissioned a bronze statue of
  sheepshearers for ASU in gratitude and remembrance of the men who
  had brought her to and from her classroom in Mertzon so many years
  before; and
         WHEREAS, Beloved by her community, Mrs. Tucker was named
  Citizen of the Year by the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce in 1995
  and received numerous other accolades, among them ASU's first
  honorary doctorate and designation by the Women's Chamber of
  Commerce of Texas as one of the Texas Women of the Century; she was
  invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the second
  highest and second oldest of papal orders, and was named a papal
  lady, the highest award a Catholic laywoman can receive; and
         WHEREAS, Eva Tucker earned the lasting admiration of her
  community as a benefactor and as a role model, and throughout her
  life, she inspired others with her devotion, generosity, and caring
  nature; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Eva Camunez Tucker and
  that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it
  do so in memory of Eva Camunez Tucker.
 
  Darby
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 899 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House