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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 Margaret |
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Johnson, a loving matriarch and admired businesswoman who passed |
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away on December 30, 2010, at the age of 94; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Carl and Anna Heussner, the former |
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Margaret Heussner was born in Waco on November 13, 1916; in 1935, |
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she married Jack Johnson, and together they embarked on a loving |
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journey that spanned more than five decades; along the way, they |
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were blessed with a son, Bill, and with the passing years the family |
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grew to include 4 granddaughters and 12 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, At the height of the Great Depression, the Johnsons |
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operated a grocery store on 3rd and Speight in Waco; they were known |
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for their generosity and willingness to give credit at a time when |
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others could not; for their next business venture, they founded |
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Johnson Roofing; Mr. Johnson ran the field operations while Mrs. |
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Johnson ran the office and kept the books of this very successful |
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enterprise, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson brought the first |
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registered Appaloosa horses to Texas; from that purchase they built |
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one of the largest herds of that breed in the world and created the |
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JMB Appaloosa Ranch; the couple also started the Johnson Horse |
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Auction, a popular biweekly event that was a focal point of Central |
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Texas horse culture for more than three and a half decades, with |
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Mrs. Johnson serving as its secretary; and |
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WHEREAS, In recent years, Mrs. Johnson continued to take |
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great joy in attending church services and in dining out with her |
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growing family; in addition, she often invited soldiers from Fort |
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Hood to the JMB Ranch for parties and hosted a riding school for |
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children; and |
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WHEREAS, Margaret Johnson inspired those who were privileged |
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to know her with her energy, strong faith, charitable nature, and |
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commitment to her ideals, and she will long be remembered with deep |
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admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Margaret Johnson and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her son, |
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Bill Johnson, and his wife, Peggy; to her granddaughters, Sherri |
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McDonald and her husband, Bob, Shawn Brown and her husband, Kelly, |
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Gayla Dwyer and her husband, Doug, and Kellie Cashion and her |
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husband, Tony; to her great-grandchildren, Brittani, Shanna, Kody, |
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Jacob, Kevin, Erica, Jason, Kasidy, Falyn, Ryan, Matt, and Brady; |
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to her very special friend and caregiver, Archie Mae Shaw; and to |
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her other relatives and many 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 this day, it do so in memory of Margaret |
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Johnson. |