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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 |
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Claranell Adams Hines of Peaster, who passed away on January 27, |
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2009, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Clair Hines was born |
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in Fort Worth on September 2, 1925; she married John Rivers Hines, |
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Jr., in 1948, and over the course of their marriage, they lived in |
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Dallas, Monroe, Louisiana, and Waxahachie, as well as in Parker |
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County; the couple were blessed with a son, John Hines III, and |
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three granddaughters, Jennifer, Leslie, and Amanda, were later |
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welcomed into their family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Hines graduated from Texas State College for |
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Women and went on to work in the airline, banking, and legal |
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industries; the great-great-granddaughter of one of the first |
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Norwegian settlers of Texas, she was also a published author for the |
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Norwegian-American Historical Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Clair Hines will be deeply missed by all those who |
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were fortunate enough to have shared in her life, and she leaves her |
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family and friends with many treasured memories of time spent in her |
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company; 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 Claranell Adams Hines |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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son, John Rivers Hines III; to her daughter-in-law, Margaret Hines; |
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to her granddaughters, Jennifer Lisette Powers, Leslie Anne |
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Funderburk, and Amanda Brooke Collier; and to her other relatives |
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and friends; 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 Clair |
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Hines. |
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Pitts |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2701 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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