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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 Peggy |
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Darlene Carriker of Arlington, who passed away on March 14, 2011, at |
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the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Decatur on February 23, 1931, the former |
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Darlene Power was the daughter of Reba Harris and Jesse Power, and |
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a descendant of a pioneer family that helped settle Tarrant County; |
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she spent much of her childhood on a farm near Springtown and |
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attended public schools there before moving to Fort Worth; at the |
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age of 15, she left school to work for the telephone company as a |
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switchboard operator; and |
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WHEREAS, This charming, sophisticated lady was joined in |
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matrimony to George Wright in 1950 and became the proud mother of |
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three children, Gary, Ron, and Becky; she had the good fortune to |
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find love a second time, and she married Dr. Ed Carriker in 1978; |
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Mrs. Carriker was employed in clerical and bookkeeping positions |
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for many years; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Carriker was baptized as a |
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young girl in a Wise County creek; she loved to dance and often |
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amused people by proclaiming that she was a Baptist with Methodist |
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feet; in her leisure hours, she enjoyed gardening, creating silk |
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flower arrangements, and spending time with her loved ones; she |
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also delighted in travel and was a talented cook and seamstress; and |
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WHEREAS, Darlene Carriker enjoyed a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and she brought much joy to those who |
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were privileged to share in her love and friendship; 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 Peggy Darlene |
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Carriker and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Gary Wright and his wife, Janis, Ron Wright |
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and his wife, Susan, and Becky Wright; to her six grandchildren; to |
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her nine great-grandchildren; to her stepdaughters, Dee and Kay |
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Carriker; to her sisters, Margaret Ann Carter and Arnette Scheeler; |
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to her brothers, Jesse Power, Jr., and Percy Power; to Pat Jacoby |
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and her husband, Tom; and to her many 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 Peggy |
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Darlene Carriker. |
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Zedler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1175 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 14, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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