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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Lue Jettie Sanders of San Antonio on August 22, 2010, at |
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the age of 99; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 25, 1910, to Stephon and Kizzie |
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Walker, the former Lue Walker attended school in Sweet Home, near |
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Seguin, and graduated from high school in La Vernia; some of her |
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postsecondary education was acquired as a student at St. Philip's |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, Lue Walker exchanged the vows of matrimony with the |
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Reverend John Henry Sanders, Sr., on September 17, 1936; the couple |
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shared 30 rewarding years of marriage, working side by side in the |
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church and in their home, until his death in 1967; deeply committed |
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to her faith, Mrs. Sanders was a congregant of Sweet Home Baptist |
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Church in her youth and later joined Corinth Baptist Church in the |
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Alamo City; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Sanders was the devoted mother of two children, |
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Kizzie and John, and she relished her role as a grandmother and as |
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an aunt; as a foster grandparent, this caring woman also benefited |
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countless young patients at Christus Santa Rosa Children's |
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Hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, Lue Jettie Sanders enriched the lives of many during |
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her time on this earth, and she will forever hold a special place in |
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the hearts of 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 Lue Jettie Sanders |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Kizzie Mae Sanders and the Reverend John Henry Sanders, |
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Jr.; to her sister, Tena Walker Sheeley; to her grandchildren, |
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LaTricia Whitson and her husband, Dennis, Dominique Whitson, and |
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Dyani Dotson; to her god-granddaughters, Kylah and Keiannah; to her |
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nieces, Stella Lee Williams and Patricia Williams; to her longtime |
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friend Sally Todd; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Lue Jettie |
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Sanders. |