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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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death of longtime public servant Joyce Ann Probst of Alpine on |
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October 25, 2010, at the age of 56; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Brownwood on July 14, 1954, to L. G. and |
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Edith Kinman, the former Joyce Kinman married Thomas J. Probst on |
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October 9, 1999, in Fort Davis; she was a loving mother to her two |
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daughters, Kimberly Gosnell and Traci Jolly, and also took special |
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pride in her five grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Probst began her notable 26-year tenure with the |
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Texas Department of Transportation in 1984 at the Brownwood |
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Maintenance Office; in 2002, she moved to the Tahoka Maintenance |
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Office and five years later transferred to the Alpine Maintenance |
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Office; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her career, Ms. Probst |
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distinguished herself in the positions of administrative |
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technician, construction inspector, and contract administrator; |
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her organizational skills, extensive knowledge of maintenance |
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policies and procedures, and willingness to help others earned her |
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the respect and admiration of her colleagues, and she was selected |
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by the Lubbock district engineer to be the trainer for the |
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Maintenance Office Manager course, which she taught throughout the |
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various TxDOT districts; and |
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WHEREAS, Joyce Probst leaves behind a legacy of loyal and |
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dedicated service to the citizens of Texas, and she will be deeply |
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missed by all those who had the good fortune to know her; now, |
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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 Joyce Ann Probst and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Thomas Probst; to her daughters, Kimberly Gosnell and |
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Traci Jolly; to her grandchildren, Bayle Jolly and Katie, Kassidy, |
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Kyle, and Kolton Gosnell; to her parents, L. G. and Edith Kinman; to |
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her brothers, Larry, James, Mike, and Mark Kinman; to her sisters, |
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Susan Bailey and Amy Ripple; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Joyce Ann |
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Probst. |