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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed a |
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special occasion, and Agnes Eve Pulk Farmer of Wood County is |
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celebrating this memorable milestone on January 26, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1921, the former Agnes |
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Pulk grew up there during the Depression; she lost her father when |
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she was quite young and learned to become hardworking and |
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resourceful; as a teen, she often cleaned the stalls at a local |
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stable in exchange for time on horseback, and her love of riding |
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earned her the nickname "Boots"; and |
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WHEREAS, The outbreak of World War II prompted the intrepid |
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young woman to join the Civil Air Patrol and begin flying lessons; |
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she also supported the war effort by working in a defense plant, |
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welding wing tips and ammunition boxes for fighter planes; in 1943, |
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she married Charles Marshall Farmer, a member of the Army Air Corps, |
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and moved to Hondo while he completed his training; they became the |
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parents of a daughter, Willie Kay, the following year, and when Mr. |
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Farmer was deployed to the Pacific theater, Mrs. Farmer went to stay |
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with his parents on their farm near Detroit, Texas; although she was |
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raised in the city, she applied herself industriously to the |
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farming life; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Farmer relocated to San Antonio with her |
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husband when he returned to Texas, and their second daughter, Donna |
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Fay, was born there; they later settled on a small farm in Red River |
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County, and their son, James Avery, was born in Clarksville in 1950, |
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four years before the family moved to Grand Prairie; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted mother, Mrs. Farmer became the head of the |
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household after her marriage ended in 1956; she earned the last |
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half-credit she needed to obtain her high school diploma and went on |
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to complete her associate degree in psychology and nursing at El |
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Centro College; through the ensuing years, she demonstrated |
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characteristic industriousness, and she continues to be active and |
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productive as she enters her ninth decade; this admirable Texan |
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sews and quilts every day, and she won two awards in the Mineola |
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League of the Arts Quilt Show 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Meeting life's challenges with resilience, |
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optimism, and determination, Agnes Farmer is an inspiration to |
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many, and she holds a special place in the hearts of all who are |
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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 hereby congratulate Agnes Eve Pulk Farmer on the |
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occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Farmer as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |