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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Georgia Dempster, judge of the 308th |
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Judicial District of Texas, retired on December 31, 2010, after 16 |
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years of exemplary service in behalf of her fellow citizens; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Georgia Ann McGinn was born to Colonel |
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Floy W. McGinn and Ardella McGinn on April 12, 1937, in Salt Lake |
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City, Utah; she spent her formative years traveling the world in the |
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company of her parents, as a result of her father's military career; |
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she graduated from high school in the Panama Canal Zone and went on |
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to receive her bachelor's degree from the University of Utah; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Anthony G. Dempster in 1961, and the |
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couple eventually settled in Houston, where Mrs. Dempster decided |
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to pursue a law degree; after graduating in 1983, she started a |
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private family-law practice, and in 1994 she was elected judge of |
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the 308th Judicial District; approving of her dedicated work on the |
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bench, voters retained her in that post in three subsequent |
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elections; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Dempster took an active role in her community |
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and was long involved with the charitable works of the Junior |
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League, becoming a charter member of the organization's North |
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Harris chapter; after the passing of Mr. Dempster in 2003, Judge |
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Dempster joined the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of |
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Saint John of Jerusalem, a charitable organization in which she has |
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held several positions; her family includes her son, Chris |
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Dempster, and his wife, Cindy, her daughter, Cindy Renaudo, and her |
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husband, Chris, and five grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Georgia Dempster's tenure as a jurist has been |
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characterized by diligence and integrity, and it is indeed fitting |
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to join with the residents of Harris County in honoring her for her |
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outstanding public service; 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 the Honorable Georgia Dempster on |
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the occasion of her retirement as judge of the 308th Judicial |
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District of Texas and extend to her sincere best wishes for an |
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enjoyable retirement; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Dempster as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |