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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 Lois |
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Boles of Jacksonville, who passed away on March 19, 2009, at the age |
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of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, A Jacksonville native, Ms. Boles was born on March |
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9, 1917, to Sam and Gussie Mae Cunningham Boles; she graduated from |
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Jacksonville High School and went on to earn a master's degree from |
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Stephen F. Austin State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Lois Boles retired in 1983 following a notable |
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44-year career in the teaching profession, including 35 years in |
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Jacksonville schools; an engaged citizen, she enjoyed membership in |
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a number of organizations, including the Texas Retired Teachers |
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Association and Delta Kappa Gamma; and |
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WHEREAS, Strong in her faith, Ms. Boles was a longtime |
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congregant of First Baptist Church, where she taught the beginner's |
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Sunday school class for more than a half-century; and |
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WHEREAS, Though she is deeply missed, Lois Boles will forever |
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be remembered with great admiration and affection by those |
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fortunate enough to have shared in the richness of her life; now, |
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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 memory of Lois Boles and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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cousins, Dolores McCord, Gordon Nunn, Tony and Jerrie Sue Cleaver, |
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Mark and Sondra Kellar, David M. McCord, Shine Chancellor, Joy |
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Bonjio, and Bess Koehnle; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Lois Boles. |