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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Juanita Maurine Cash of Fort Worth, who passed away on February |
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11, 2011, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Juanita Beaty was born in Mexia on August |
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20, 1922, to Jack and Norvella Beaty; as a child she moved with her |
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family to Cleburne, where she graduated from Booker T. Washington |
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High School; she then continued her education at the Tuskegee |
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Institute in Alabama, earning a bachelor's degree in home |
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economics; afterward, she returned to Cleburne and began teaching |
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at her alma mater; and |
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WHEREAS, She married James Cash, a machinist with the Texas & |
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Pacific Railroad, in 1945; the couple enjoyed a rewarding marriage |
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that spanned four decades and was blessed with two children, James |
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and Pamela; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1953 the family relocated to Fort Worth, where |
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Mrs. Cash was instrumental in establishing the first child day-care |
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center in the Greenway neighborhood; she eventually resumed her |
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teaching career and devoted more than 20 years to educating |
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students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades at Riverside and |
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Oakhurst Elementary Schools; a devoted educator, she expected a lot |
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from her students, and she worked hard to ensure that they developed |
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the skills and knowledge they needed to succeed; though the demands |
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she placed on her students initially would make her unpopular, she |
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was invariably beloved by them by the end of the school year; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cash began pursuing a master's degree in |
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education at Texas Christian University in the early 1960s, but due |
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to segregation, she could not attend classes on campus; she |
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enrolled in courses taught by TCU faculty at an elementary school |
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until the university was integrated, after which she finished her |
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studies on campus and completed her degree; she retired from |
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teaching in 1985; and |
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WHEREAS, Juanita Cash lived a caring and purposeful life, and |
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she will forever be remembered with great admiration and affection |
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by all who held her close to 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 memory of Juanita Cash and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her son, |
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James Cash, Jr.; to her daughter, Pamela Cash Menzies; to her |
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stepdaughter, Beverly Curley; to her grandchildren; 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 Juanita |
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Cash. |