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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Lisa Hood Urban of Baytown |
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on November 17, 2007, at the age of 51, brought a profoundly felt |
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loss to her family, to her friends and colleagues, and to the |
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residents of her community; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on May 20, 1956, this esteemed Texan |
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relocated to Baytown with her family in 1965; as a youth, she worked |
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in the accounting office of The Baytown Sun before graduating from |
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Ross S. Sterling High School in 1974; she attended Lee College, but |
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later transferred to The University of Texas at Austin, and she |
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graduated with honors; she met her future husband, Johnny Urban, |
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while she was in college, and in 1982, the couple returned to |
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Baytown, where they raised their two sons, John Paul and Matthew; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Urban established the accounting firm |
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Mendelovitz Urban and Associates in Baytown, and despite her busy |
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professional life, she devoted countless hours to area |
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organizations; she was a member of the Rotary Club of Baytown, and |
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she was active on the Police Academy Advisory Board and in the |
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United Way of Baytown Area and St. Jude's Catholic Church in |
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Highlands; she also served as president of the Lakewood Civic |
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Association and as the first female chair of the Baytown Chamber of |
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Commerce, and she was on the board of the Friends of Lee College |
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Foundation; a dedicated volunteer, Ms. Urban was the chair of the |
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Baytown Area Community Long-Range Planning Commission and the |
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co-chair of the Regional Urban Design Assistant Team, and she was |
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named The Baytown Sun Citizen of the Year in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, With her generosity and civic leadership, Lisa Urban |
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benefited her community in myriad ways, and her remarkable legacy |
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will be forever treasured by all those who were fortunate enough to |
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know her; 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 Lisa Hood Urban and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband |
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of three decades, Johnny Urban; to her sons, John Paul Urban III and |
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Matthew Urban; to her parents, Betty Joe and David Boothe; to her |
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sisters, Rita Sheppard and Dee Anne Navarre; to her stepbrother and |
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sister-in-law, Greg and Debbie Boothe; to her mother-in-law, Fern |
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Urban; 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 Lisa Hood |
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Urban. |