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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Beverly |
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Ann Jackson, who passed away on April 29, 2009, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 26, 1933, to Charles and Zoura |
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Jayne Beavers, the former Beverly Beavers graduated from Lamar High |
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School and attended the University of Houston; she married Neal |
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Jackson and the couple enjoyed 56 rewarding years of matrimony and |
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raised three daughters, Lee Ann, Dodie, and Molly, and a son, Chip, |
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who preceded his mother in death; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson blazed many trails in the course of her |
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life, becoming the first woman elected to the Pasadena City Council |
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and serving as a founder of the San Jacinto Day Foundation, the San |
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Jacinto Day Parade, and the Pasadena Strawberry Festival; moreover, |
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she was very active for many years in the Pasadena Rotary Anns; and |
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WHEREAS, A career educator and administrator, Mrs. Jackson |
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served as headmistress for St. Barnabas Episcopal Day School for 25 |
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years before founding the Carden-Jackson School in Pearland, and |
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she continued to oversee its operations until her death; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her many contributions to her family and her |
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community, Beverly Jackson left an indelible mark on the world |
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around her, and she will be deeply missed by all those who shared in |
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the richness of her life; 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 memory of Beverly Ann Jackson |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Neal Allen Jackson; to her daughters, Lee Ann Jackson, |
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Beverly Ann "Dodie" Jackson, and Molly Blair Young and her husband, |
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Michael; and to her other relatives and many 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 Beverly |
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Jackson. |
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Legler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2548 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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