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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Pearl Lilley Fincher of Spring, a successful |
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businesswoman and noted philanthropist who left an indelible |
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imprint on the lives of countless individuals, passed away on June |
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3, 2010, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, One of 11 children, Pearl Lilley was born to Selma |
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Lilley and Hubert Lilley, a Baptist minister, in Evergreen on April |
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23, 1935; throughout her life, she honored the lessons her parents |
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taught her about the importance of faith, family, and generosity; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, It was after moving to Northwest Houston in 1953 |
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that she met her husband, Fred Fincher; the couple opened a car |
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dealership, Fred Fincher Motors, in 1959, and over the years, Mrs. |
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Fincher was involved in several additional enterprises; she and her |
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husband shared a devoted union until his passing in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, Impelled by a strong sense of civic responsibility, |
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Pearl Fincher became active in politics, staunchly supporting |
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candidates for whom she had great personal respect and serving as |
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president of the Northwest Forest Republican Women from 1999 to |
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2000; having instilled in her children a similar ethic of community |
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engagement and leadership, she took immense pride when her daughter |
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Patricia Harless was sworn in as the representative for Texas House |
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District 126; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman who had known hardship and who had gone on to |
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ring up successive achievements, Mrs. Fincher had a rare gift for |
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inspiring self-confidence in others and sought especially to help |
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and encourage women in business; she worked with the Lone Star |
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College Foundation and donated generously to several charities, |
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among them Northwest Assistance Ministries; she also gave freely of |
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her time and talents as a member of the boards of the American Heart |
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Association, The Centrum Arts League, the Tomball Regional Arts |
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Council, and the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts; the latter |
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facility, which operates in partnership with the Museum of Fine |
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Arts, Houston, and other public and private lenders, opened in |
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Northwest Houston in 2008 and was made possible, in no small |
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measure, by the high esteem that Mrs. Fincher enjoyed among |
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community and political leaders in the area; and |
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WHEREAS, Pearl Fincher's uncommon strength was matched by her |
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infinite kindness, graciousness, and dignity, as well as by an |
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irrepressible sense of humor; she enriched immeasurably the lives |
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of her family and a host of friends, and they will forever hold her |
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close in their hearts; 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 Pearl Lilley Fincher |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughters and their husbands, Vicki and Red Brown and the Honorable |
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Patricia Harless and Sam Harless; to her sons and their wives, |
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Donald and Debbie Fincher, Roger and Yvonne Hess, Adrian Fincher, |
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and John Fincher; to her stepsons and their wives, Jay and Mary |
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Fincher and Andy and Dixie Fincher; to her 44 grandchildren, |
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including spouses; and to her many great-grandchildren; and, be it |
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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 Pearl |
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Lilley Fincher. |