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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Mary Ellen |
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Hayman Lewis of Houston, who died on November 27, 2007, at the age |
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of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Hayman was born in Ohio on July 23, 1929, |
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to William Ray and Marie Sayre Hayman; she graduated as |
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valedictorian of her class at Racine High School in 1947 and began |
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her working life as executive secretary to the mayor of Columbus, |
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Ohio; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1954, she moved to Texas, where she embarked on a |
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career in the oil and gas industry that would span more than three |
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decades; initially employed as a receptionist, she eventually |
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worked in the field of regulatory compliance and retired in 1989; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lewis shared 47 years with her husband, Bill, |
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and together they were blessed with three children; and |
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WHEREAS, Actively engaged in the life of her community, she |
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was a member of the Tejas Chapter of the Daughters of the American |
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Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Heritage |
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Republican Women, and other organizations; Mrs. Lewis also worked |
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with the George Bush Foundation at Texas A&M University and was the |
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sole trustee of the Bart and Helen De Laat Endowment Fund at the |
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Colorado School of Mines; and |
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WHEREAS, Known as "Boots" to her loved ones, Mary Ellen Lewis |
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was a devoted wife and mother, and a dedicated member of her |
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community, and she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts |
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of those whose lives she touched; 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 Ellen Hayman |
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Lewis and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: |
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to her sons, William Gregg Lewis and his wife, Elaine, Jeff Lewis |
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and his wife, Holly, and Paul Lewis and his wife, Emily; to her nine |
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grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Ellen |
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Hayman Lewis. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1262 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 23, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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