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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 untimely loss of |
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Yolanda Evette Williams, who passed away on June 17, 2011, at the |
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age of 44; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Harold and Lois Moore, the former |
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Yolanda Moore was born on June 4, 1967, in Houston; as a girl, she |
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was affectionately called "Yogi," and she enjoyed dancing, playing |
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the piano, and riding horses with her father; she was also active in |
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her church, singing in the choir and serving on the usher board and |
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as a Sunday school youth leader; and |
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WHEREAS, An accomplished student at Booker T. Washington High |
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School for Engineering Professions, Mrs. Williams was a cheerleader |
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and a member of the Honor Society; she graduated as one of the top 10 |
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students in her class and went on to attend Southern Methodist |
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University on a full academic scholarship; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Williams later transferred to Texas Southern |
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University and was initiated into the Delta Gamma chapter of Delta |
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Sigma Theta Sorority; after earning her bachelor's degree in |
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journalism, she completed the nursing program at The University of |
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Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and she subsequently |
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received dual master's degrees in business administration and |
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health administration from the University of Houston--Clear Lake; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout a health care career that began in 1993, |
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Mrs. Williams demonstrated a genuine care for patients; following |
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her 12-year tenure with Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann |
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Southwest, she became chief operations officer, chief clinical |
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officer, and assistant administrator at Kindred Hospital and then |
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joined the Atrium Medical Center Hospital in Stafford, where she |
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served as chief clinical officer; and |
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WHEREAS, She met the love of her life, Michael Williams, at |
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Texas Southern University in 1989, and they were married three |
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years later and became the parents of two cherished daughters; |
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rejoicing in her roles as a devoted wife and caring mother, she was |
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ever supportive of her husband's endeavors and very involved in her |
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children's school activities; she was a member of the Houston |
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chapter of Jack and Jill of America and served on a number of school |
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committees; and |
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WHEREAS, Always active in a community of faith, Mrs. Williams |
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and her family joined Good Hope Baptist Church in 2004, and she was |
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a member of the discipleship team, the choir, the marriage |
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ministry, and the Women of Hope; she also loved to travel and spent |
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many memorable vacations with family and friends visiting sites |
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across this country and on cruises throughout the Caribbean; and |
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WHEREAS, Yolanda Williams lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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rich in the intangibles that matter most, and she leaves behind a |
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remarkable legacy that will forever be treasured by all those who |
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were privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Yolanda Evette Williams and extend deepest sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her husband, Michael R. Williams; to her |
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daughters, Kendra Nicole and Jasmine Simone; to her mother, |
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Dr. Lois Jean Moore; and to her other relatives and many friends; |
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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 Yolanda |
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Evette Williams. |