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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 Paula |
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Dare Roberts Baker, who passed away on March 12, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Red Bird, Oklahoma, to William Dee Roberts |
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and Hattie Virginia Burns Roberts on August 17, 1926, Paula Roberts |
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studied at Huston-Tillotson University and earned degrees from West |
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Virginia State University, the University of North Texas, and Texas |
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Woman's University; she went on to have a career as an elementary |
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school teacher and speech therapist in the Fort Worth Independent |
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School District that spanned more than three decades, and she was |
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also a librarian for Tarrant County College and later worked as a |
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bookkeeper and board secretary-treasurer for a funeral home; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Baker shared her time and talents as a member of |
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the board of directors of Child Protective Services of Tarrant |
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County, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Progressive Literary |
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and Art Club, the Bunche-Ellington Club, and the Historic Carver |
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Heights Neighborhood Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her faith, Ms. Baker was an active member |
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of the Baker Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as |
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a trustee, a teacher in the church school, and a member of the |
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Daughters of Baker, the Corine Griffin Women's Missionary Society, |
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and the noonday prayer and Bible study groups, as well as holding a |
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seat on the Christian education commission; and |
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WHEREAS, An advocate for children throughout her life, Paula |
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Baker was a kind, generous, and loving woman who will forever be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who held her close to their |
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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 Paula Dare Roberts |
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Baker and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her son, James Nathan Charles Baker; to her daughter, Janice |
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Annette Baker Offutt and her husband, Gerald; to her special |
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daughter, Jacquelyn Meeks; to her special sister, Catherine |
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Christian; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Paula Dare |
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Roberts Baker. |
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Veasey |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 953 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 7, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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