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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 Shirley |
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Jane Bearden Sweet of Irving, who died on May 21, 2011, at the age of |
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72; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Chester Grey Bearden and Frances May |
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Bearden, the former Shirley Bearden was born in Rome, Georgia, on |
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April 20, 1939; she grew up in Mableton, Georgia, and graduated from |
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South Cobb High School in Austell, Georgia; after moving to Fort |
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Worth in 1958, she met Kenneth Edgar Sweet, and they were joined in |
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matrimony on December 1, 1961, at Diamond Hill Methodist Church; |
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they later became the parents of two sons, Mark and David; during |
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Mr. Sweet's career in the United States Army, Mrs. Sweet lived in |
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many places in the United States, as well as in Germany and France; |
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the couple shared a rewarding marriage until the passing of Mr. |
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Sweet on October 3, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Sweet was generous, thoughtful, and devoted to |
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her family; a wonderful cook, she welcomed visitors with lovely |
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meals and let no one leave hungry; her travels allowed her to |
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indulge her love of collecting, and she assembled a vast treasure |
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trove of vintage tins, owl figures, Crayola and Coca-Cola |
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memorabilia, handkerchiefs, and vintage glassware; and |
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WHEREAS, Shirley Sweet treasured the time she spent in the |
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company of her loved ones, and those she leaves behind will in turn |
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cherish their memories of this kind and caring woman; now, |
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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 life of |
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Shirley Jane Bearden Sweet and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her sons, David Kenneth Sweet and Mark |
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Andrew Sweet; to her sisters, Rebecca Cox and Anne Himes and her |
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husband, Shearn; to her brothers, Joe Eason Bearden and his wife, |
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Susan, and Jerry Allen Bearden and his wife, Brenda; to her nieces, |
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Edie Ann Wallace, Patty Lyn Dumas, Stacey Ann Bearden, Shirley |
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Ayres Bearden, Jessica Jo Bearden, Christie Lee, Angela Sue Pryor, |
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and Sarah Ann Martin; to her nephews, Michael Allen Bearden, Joseph |
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John Bearden, and Casey Ryan Cox; to her 13 great-nieces and |
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great-nephews; to her 5 great-great-nieces and |
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great-great-nephews; and to her other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Shirley |
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Jane Bearden Sweet. |
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Harper-Brown |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 240 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 28, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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