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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Madge C. Bratton of Hewitt passed away on March 9, |
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2011, at the age of 82, leaving her circle of family and friends to |
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cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her company; and |
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WHEREAS, Madge Bratton was born in Anaconda, Montana, on July |
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31, 1928, to William and Clara Niven; after graduating from |
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Anaconda High School in 1946, she attended Montana State |
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University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in physical |
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education in 1950; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Madge Niven met her future husband, Don |
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Bratton, while in college; the couple wed after graduation and |
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enjoyed a rewarding marriage that spanned 52 years, until his |
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passing; they became the parents of seven children, Donna, Dianne, |
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Sharon, Mike, Don, Paul, and Karan; and |
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WHEREAS, Before she and her husband started their family, |
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Mrs. Bratton worked as a physical education and science teacher in |
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Sidney, Montana; she then became a full-time homemaker, and she |
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actively supported her children in their many school and sports |
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activities; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for her caring nature and beautiful smile, |
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Mrs. Bratton was quick to offer encouragement to anyone in need of |
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it; active in her community, she generously volunteered her time at |
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area schools and with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, |
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Meals on Wheels, and the Hewitt Chamber of Commerce; she was a |
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devoted member of Hewitt First United Methodist Church, where she |
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had enjoyed performing with the bell choir; and |
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WHEREAS, Madge Bratton possessed a generosity of spirit that |
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expressed itself in myriad ways, and countless lives were enriched |
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by her warmth and kindness; 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 Madge C. Bratton and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children and their spouses, Donna Salazar, Sharon Itz, Dianne and |
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Les Melcher, Mike and Sue Bratton, Don and Terri Bratton, and Paul |
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and Tammy Bratton; to her sister, Lillian Wind; to her |
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grandchildren, Tracy Thieman, Shanna Rodriquez, Amber Koger, |
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Michael, Karan, and Justin Bratton, Tiffany Itz, and Brian and |
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Melissa Melcher; to her great-grandchildren, Aaron, Matthew, and |
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Nathan Thieman, Gideon and Ari Koger, and Caiden and Sloane |
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Rodriquez; and to her 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 Madge |
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Bratton. |