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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Evelyn Rhodes Witte Sterling of Dallas, who passed away |
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on April 12, 2011, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Louisiana, Evelyn Rhodes was born on |
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July 19, 1917, to Gladys and Walter Rhodes; she graduated from |
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Neville High School in Monroe and went on to earn her bachelor's |
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degree from Louisiana State University; and |
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WHEREAS, While working as a medical technologist in |
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Shreveport, she met and married Dr. Wallie Stovall Witte; together, |
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they settled in Leland, Mississippi, where they helped to establish |
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the local hospital; she worked in her husband's medical practice |
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and later dedicated her time to raising their four children, Jane, |
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Lynn, Stovall, and Mignonne; after her husband's passing in 1968, |
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she was fortunate to find love a second time with George Archibald |
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Sterling; the couple were married in 1971, and Mrs. Sterling's |
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family grew to include three more daughters, Carol, Cappie, and |
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Catherine; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated volunteer gave back to her community |
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as a member of First Baptist Church, Deer Creek Garden Club, and |
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Leland Junior Auxiliary; in her free time, she enjoyed sculpting |
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and painting, and she studied her craft with Leon Koury and a number |
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of other local artists; she also loved to travel, and she visited |
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all seven continents and more than 100 countries through the years, |
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but her favorite trips were the annual summer beach vacations she |
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took with her children and grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Sterling lived a full and generous life, and |
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she will always be remembered with great admiration and affection; |
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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 Evelyn Rhodes Witte |
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Sterling and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her children and their spouses, Edwin and Jane Witte Loudon, Kent |
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and Lynn Witte Hamilton, Stovall and Jan Witte, Mignonne Kinney |
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Witte, Carol Sterling Finerty, Robert and Cappie Sterling Addison, |
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and Dean and Catherine Sterling Kidd; to her 15 grandchildren, Mike |
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Sterling Finerty and his wife, Jen, Rob Addison and his wife, Erin, |
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Wynn Loudon, Evelyn Loudon Ellis and her husband, Lance, Rhodes |
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Hamilton and his wife, Amanda, David Hamilton, Paul Hamilton, Jack |
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Hamilton, Caroline Loudon Parfect and her husband, David, Scott |
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Sterling Addison and his wife, Katherine, Meredith Witte Knight and |
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her husband, Shane, Carol Kidd Southerland and her husband, Scott, |
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Evelyn Witte, Sterling Kidd, and Stovall Witte III; to her eight |
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great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and 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 Evelyn |
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Sterling. |