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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 836
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In Memory |
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of |
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Penny Payte McLeaish |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of McAllen in mourning the loss of longtime educator |
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Penny Payte McLeaish, who died April 23, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, A 1958 honors graduate of Pan American College, |
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Penny McLeaish taught senior English, American history, and |
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American government at Sharyland High School for 42 years; she |
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coached many individual students and teams to University |
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Interscholastic League championships in debate, current issues, |
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informative and persuasive speaking and received the Denius-UIL |
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Sponsor Excellence Award in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic |
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Church and was active in civic and philanthropic affairs; she was |
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a past president of the Hidalgo County League of Women Voters and |
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a Democratic presidential elector in 1992 and 1996, and she was |
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the Sharyland Independent School District Teacher of the Year in |
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1990 and the Hidalgo County Zonta Club Shining Star for Education |
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in 2002; and |
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WHEREAS, She was especially honored to have the Penny Payte |
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McLeaish Learning Resource Center at Sharyland High School named |
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for her upon her retirement in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, Penny was a devoted wife, mother, and |
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grandmother, and she leaves behind memories that will be |
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treasured forever by her family, her many friends, and all those |
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whose lives she touched; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Penny Payte McLeaish: her husband, Robert McLeaish; |
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her daughters, Laurel McLeaish, Heather Butler, and Janet |
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Robinson; her grandchildren, Jesse and Brittany Robinson; and |
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the many members of her extended 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 Penny McLeaish. |
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Hinojosa |
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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 May 5, 2009, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |