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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 769
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In Memory |
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of |
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Willye Stene Witcher Perry Williams |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of longtime educator Willye Stene Witcher |
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Perry Williams, who died April 7, 2009, at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, She was born Willye Stene Witcher in Henderson, |
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Texas, on March 8, 1945; she chose education as her life's |
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vocation because she always liked helping people learn; she |
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earned a bachelor of science degree in education from The |
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University of Texas at Austin in 1967; and |
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WHEREAS, She began her career in Gary, Indiana, as a |
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special education teacher; she relocated to Los Angeles, where |
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she held varied assignments as an educator and received wide |
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recognition for her outstanding talents, being named Teacher of |
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the Year and receiving an Exceptional Teacher Award; and |
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WHEREAS, She also continued her education in California; |
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she earned a master's degree in education and took advanced |
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courses at Pepperdine University and Chapman College; and |
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WHEREAS, Willye Stene Williams retired from the Los |
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Angeles Unified School District in 2000 and continued to work as |
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a substitute teacher for the next eight years; and |
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WHEREAS, She was an educator, humanitarian, and a devout |
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Christian, whose faith continued to grow over the years; she |
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loved traveling; she went to West Africa with the family of Alex |
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Haley and traveled to various parts of Europe and on many |
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cruises; she will be dearly missed by all who knew her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Willye Stene |
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Witcher Perry Williams and extend sincere condolences to her |
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bereaved family; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Willye Stene Williams. |
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Ellis |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 29, 2009, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |