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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Loved ones will forever cherish their memories of |
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Susan Ann Cassidy of Amarillo, who passed away on January 3, 2011, |
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at the age of 53; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Amarillo on May 23, 1957, to Joe and Ann |
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Cassidy, Susan Ann Cassidy graduated from Panhandle High School in |
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1975 and then enrolled at Texas Tech University; while in college, |
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she earned money by hemming dresses, cleaning dormitory rooms, and |
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working in the cafeteria, and she graduated with a bachelor's |
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degree in education in 1979; after completing her studies, she |
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worked in schools in the Panhandle area for many years, teaching |
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home economics, remedial reading, and English in the towns of |
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Shamrock, Spearman, Big Spring, New Deal, Skellytown, and Hereford; |
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she was an inspiring educator who challenged her students to expand |
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their knowledge and abilities and encouraged their participation in |
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science and history fairs; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Cassidy was active in her community as a member |
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of the Darlin' Dames Chapter of the Red Hat Society, as an education |
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coordinator with Business Network International, as president of |
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the High Plains Republican Women, and as a devoted congregant of the |
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Bell Avenue Baptist Church in Amarillo; moreover, she enjoyed a |
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host of hobbies, including scrapbooking, gift-wrapping, sewing, |
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cross-stitching, arranging flowers, decorating wreaths, collecting |
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antiques, cooking, playing games, reading, writing, and |
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storytelling; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all, Ms. Cassidy loved her daughter, Cassie, |
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and had the pleasure of teaching her in the fifth grade in |
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Skellytown; a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, she led her |
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daughter's troops for 13 years, starting new groups in towns that |
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did not already have one; she was known for her loyalty and |
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thoughtfulness as well as for her adventurous and spontaneous |
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nature; and |
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WHEREAS, Susan Ann Cassidy lived a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and although she is deeply missed, |
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she will always be remembered with great admiration and affection; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Susan Ann |
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Cassidy and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her daughter, Cassie Daniel; to her brothers, John Cassidy and Jay |
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Cassidy and his wife, Alison; to her aunts, Linda Thompson and her |
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husband, Red, and Carolyn Jackson and her husband, Calvin; to her |
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uncle, Sam Goodnight and his wife, Sue; to her nieces and nephews, |
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Rachel, Andrew, Ryan, Hunter, and Kaitlyn Cassidy; and to her other |
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relatives and friends; 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, it do so in memory of Susan Ann Cassidy. |