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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 Margaret Bingham Galloway, a longtime resident of |
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Arlington and Grand Prairie, on December 20, 2009, at the age of 93; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of George Daniel Bingham and Ellie |
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Bingham, the former Margaret Bingham was born in Mayfield, |
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Kentucky, on November 10, 1916; her father served as the publisher |
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of the Mayfield Messenger, and at a young age, she followed in his |
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footsteps and joined the newspaper business, becoming the women's |
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editor of that publication; she attended the University of |
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Kentucky, and she later graduated from Murray State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Galloway moved to the Lone Star State in the |
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1950s, and over the course of a career that spanned more than five |
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decades, she served as a women's editor at the Arlington Citizen |
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Journal and as a writer and editor for the Dallas Morning News and |
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the Grand Prairie Daily News; she chronicled the daily lives of her |
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fellow residents and was an active presence at local events, and her |
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coverage of important issues resulted in positive changes in the |
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community, including the opening of a battered women's shelter in |
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Arlington; moreover, she published a book, Ancestors and Appetites, |
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as well as the monthly magazine The Arlington Woman; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Galloway enjoyed the love and support of her |
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husband, Parker Randolph Galloway, and the couple raised three |
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children, Randy, Ellen, and the late Greg Galloway, and shared 40 |
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years together until his passing in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for the passion and dedication she brought to |
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her work, Margaret Galloway inspired countless individuals, and she |
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will long be remembered with great admiration by all those who were |
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privileged to know 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 life of Margaret Bingham |
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Galloway and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her son, Randy Galloway and his wife, Janeen; to her daughter, |
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Ellen Beal and her husband, Mark; to her granddaughters, Gina Wood |
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and her husband, Russell, and Jennifer Giddens and her husband, |
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Chad; to her great-grandchildren, Quincy, Beau, Georgia, and Sadie; |
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to her sister, Virginia Garrott and her husband, Dan; to her |
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nephews, Lee and Ben Garrott and Daniel Bingham III; and to her |
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other 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 Margaret |
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Bingham Galloway. |