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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Arlington lost an admired educator with |
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the passing of Nita Scheble Cox on July 18, 2009, at the age of 84; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Eugene and Fay Howell Scheble, the |
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former Nita Scheble was born on May 25, 1925, in Cleburne, but she |
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relocated with her family to Fort Worth in the early 1930s; the |
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valedictorian of the Class of 1942 at Polytechnic High School, she |
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received a scholarship to attend North Texas Agricultural College |
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in Arlington, where she again became valedictorian and attained an |
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associate's degree in science; in 1946, she graduated from The |
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University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in fine arts, |
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and she went on to study at the University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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and to earn a master's degree from Texas Christian University in |
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1961; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cox began her teaching career in 1947 as a |
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member of the English department faculty at The University of Texas |
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at Arlington; over the course of nearly five decades with the |
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university, she transitioned to the speech communication, drama, |
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and communication departments, developing speech and drama |
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classes, teaching English, and directing plays, and she became an |
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associate professor; in addition, she served as assistant chair of |
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the communication department from 1976 to 1991, and she led the |
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speech program from 1989 to 1993; among her many accolades were an |
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Outstanding Academic Advisor award in 1987 and designation as a |
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professor emeritus in 1994; she was also named a Distinguished |
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Alumnus of UT Arlington in 1996, and she retired from the university |
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in 2003; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, Mrs. Cox contributed her |
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time to numerous organizations, including the Arlington Woman's |
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Club, Altrusa International, the Arlington Republican Club, Lamar |
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Baptist Church, the Fielder Museum, Friends of the UTA Libraries, |
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and the Texas Speech Communication Association, and she served as a |
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speech consultant to various businesses and managed a murder |
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mystery troupe; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, she enjoyed the love and |
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support of her husband, Dr. B. Wayne Cox, with whom she shared more |
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than 20 years, until his passing in 1985; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Nita Cox demonstrated the |
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utmost dedication to her family, her profession, and her community, |
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and she leaves behind a remarkable legacy that will forever be |
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treasured by all those who were privileged to share in her love and |
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friendship; 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 Nita Scheble Cox and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter, Leslie Cox Recine, and her husband, Dean; to her |
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grandchildren, Chelsea and Chloe Recine; to her sister, Norma |
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Scheble Nash Anderton; and to her other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Nita |
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Scheble Cox. |
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Patrick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 402 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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