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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Sondra |
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Dailey of El Paso, who passed away on February 27, 2011, at the age |
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of 66; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 29, 1944, to Dr. Gilbert Banfield |
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and Marion Martin Banfield, the former Sondra Elise Banfield grew |
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up in Baltimore; she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a |
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master's degree in education from Howard University in Washington, |
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D.C., and an MBA from the University of Baltimore; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Dailey worked as a management consultant and as |
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a counselor at a private school in Baltimore, where she also taught |
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ethnic dance, sewing, and knitting; she researched and wrote |
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history curriculum materials for elementary-age students, and she |
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owned and operated an interior design firm for several years; in |
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addition, she created and presented liturgical dances at churches |
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and prison facilities and was the director of a dance ministry |
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program; and |
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WHEREAS, She reconnected with her high school sweetheart, Dr. |
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Maceo Crenshaw Dailey, Jr., at a class reunion, and the couple |
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married in 2003; she joined her husband in El Paso, and together |
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they founded Sweet Earth Flying Press and published Boy of the |
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Border, a children's book by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps |
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never previously made available to the public; Ms. Dailey wrote and |
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produced dramatic works and taught courses in writing, modern and |
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ethnic dance, and drama in the Ysleta Independent School District; |
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in addition, she established a business through which she sold the |
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hand-knitted clothing and accessories she created; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, Ms. Dailey served on the |
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boards of Kids Excel El Paso, a nonprofit arts initiative that |
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brings dance into public schools, and the FEMAP Foundation, which |
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focuses on health, economic development, and education among |
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marginalized populations, and she served as chair of the FEMAP |
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annual fund-raiser; she offered knitting classes at a local women's |
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shelter and she was the cofounder of the Sandbox Empowerment Group, |
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which counseled women victims of abuse and provided them with |
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professional training; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, Ms. Dailey enjoyed the love |
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and support of her husband, as well as her two sons, Jason and |
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Garth; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to opening the doors of opportunity for |
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others, Sondra Dailey will be deeply missed, but the grace, |
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creativity, and optimism with which she lived her life will forever |
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inspire all who had the good fortune to know her; now, therefore, be |
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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 Sondra Dailey and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Dr. Maceo Crenshaw Dailey, Jr.; to her sons, Jason and |
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Garth Timoll; to her siblings, Gilbert Leslie Banfield, Jr., Karen |
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Evans, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones; to her daughter-in-law, |
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Phyllis Timoll; to her nieces and nephews, Jada, Tiffany, Brett, |
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Whitney, and Trey; and to her other relatives and many 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 Sondra |
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Dailey. |
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Margo |
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Marquez |
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Gonzalez |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 925 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 7, 2011. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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