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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Beverly Ann Johnson Dudley of San Antonio, who died on November |
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5, 2010, at the age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, Beverly Ann Johnson was born in San Antonio on |
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October 1, 1937, to Ernest and Armenta Johnson; a confident and |
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energetic child, she learned much from her mother, her Aunt Cara, |
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and her grandmother; she learned to play the piano at the age of |
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seven, performing often for family and friends; she was a graduate |
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of Phillis Wheatley High School, where she was named homecoming |
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queen for the 1954-1955 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree in psychology |
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from Fisk University in Tennessee in 1959, Ms. Johnson returned to |
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San Antonio and took a job as a receptionist at Riley Middle School; |
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she went on to become the first white-collar African American |
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employee at Southwestern Bell, and she later worked for a time at |
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Columbia Records in New York; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1964, she returned again to San Antonio to marry |
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Calvin Dudley, forging a fulfilling relationship that endured until |
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her death; together they were blessed with three children, Trena |
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Robinson, E. Warren Dudley, and Lura Dudley, as well as two |
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grandchildren, Bria and James; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Dudley was deeply committed to her community, |
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serving as cofounder of the Black Pearls Literary Society and as |
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president of the Van Courtlandt Auxiliary and the Gold and Silver |
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Believers Investment Club; she was a member of the boards of the |
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YWCA and the San Antonio River Walk, and she was also active with |
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the League of Women Voters, the Ecumenical Center for Religion and |
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Health, and the Alpha Tau Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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Sorority; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of strong religious conviction, Mrs. Dudley |
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was a lifelong member of Mount Zion First Baptist Church in San |
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Antonio, and she shared her faith with others as a discussion leader |
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with Bible Study Fellowship International; and |
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WHEREAS, Beverly Ann Dudley lived a rich and purposeful life |
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dedicated to her family, her faith, and her community, and her |
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record of compassion and devotion will continue to inspire all |
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those who knew and loved 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 pay tribute to the memory of Beverly Ann Johnson |
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Dudley and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: |
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to her husband, Calvin Dudley; to her children, Trena Robinson and |
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her husband, James, E. Warren Dudley, and Lura Dudley; to her |
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grandchildren, Bria Monet Robinson and James Cody Robinson; to her |
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cousins, Olivia Banks, Nettie Bellinger, Eleanor Cook, Barbara |
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Hodges, Exetta Mitchell, and Mary Louise Alston Williams; to her |
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nephews, Ward White III and Kenneth E. Nelson; 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 this day, it do so in memory of Beverly |
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Dudley. |