| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
|
|
passing of Mavis L. Cook of Amarillo on July 11, 2008, at the age of |
|
|
91; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The daughter of Charles and Mattie Terrell, the |
|
|
former Mavis L. Terrell was born on October 19, 1916, in Caddo |
|
|
Mills; in 1925, her family relocated to the small Panhandle town of |
|
|
Sudan and established a 165-acre farm in Lamb County, contributing |
|
|
to the development of Sudan as an agricultural community in the |
|
|
1920s and 1930s; she was raised on the farm alongside her siblings, |
|
|
Elmer, Pearl, Joe, Doyle, and Coleman, and she went on to attend |
|
|
West Texas State Teachers College; after graduation, she moved to |
|
|
Littlefield, where she taught sixth grade, worked with the local |
|
|
4-H Club, and also served as county agent; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was joined in matrimony to |
|
|
Charles Marvin Cook on September 24, 1942; blessed with two sons, |
|
|
Charles and Michael, the young family later relocated to Amarillo; |
|
|
Mrs. Cook and her husband nurtured a fulfilling relationship that |
|
|
spanned three decades, until Mr. Cook's death in 1972; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, She was a dedicated math teacher at Forest Hill |
|
|
Elementary School in Amarillo for 26 years beginning in 1960; she |
|
|
also owned and managed her family's farm for many years, and she was |
|
|
an active member of Covenant Fellowship; Mrs. Cook took great |
|
|
pleasure in traveling with her family, and she also enjoyed sports, |
|
|
reading, and gardening; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mavis Cook was an inspiring |
|
|
model of strength and determination, and she leaves behind a legacy |
|
|
that will forever be treasured by all those who held her dear; now, |
|
|
therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mavis L. Cook and |
|
|
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, |
|
|
Charles Cook and his wife, Betty, and Michael Cook and his wife, |
|
|
Shelly; to her grandchildren, Lori Flom, C. R. Cook, Cynthia |
|
|
Flowers, Melissa Cook, Taylor Michelle Seppi, and Captain Jordan |
|
|
Kathleen Cook; to her great-grandchildren, Harley, Haley, Jacob, |
|
|
and Ashley; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
|
|
further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
|
|
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mavis Cook. |