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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Marjorie Banks Ammons of Houston passed away on |
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April 16, 2011, at the age of 87, leaving her circle of family and |
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friends to cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her |
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company; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on July 27, 1923, to Clifton and |
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Lillie Belle Banks, the former Marjorie Ailene Banks attended |
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Gregory Elementary School and Phillis Wheatley High School, from |
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which she graduated in 1940; she earned a bachelor's degree in home |
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economics from Prairie View College in 1944 and studied early |
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childhood education at Iowa State University; afterward, she |
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returned to Houston to begin teaching with the early childhood |
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development program at Hester House in the Fifth Ward; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1948, Mrs. Ammons joined the Houston Independent |
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School District as a teacher with Grant Park Elementary; during her |
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career she also served on the staff at Dogan, Burrus, Rhoads, and |
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Law Elementary, and she was one of the first teachers in Houston to |
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work with the Head Start program; she remained with HISD until her |
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retirement in 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her faith, Mrs. Ammons was a valued |
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member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she had worshipped |
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since she was a child; she was active in her community and |
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volunteered with a number of clubs and organizations, including the |
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Phillis Wheatley Alumni Golden Nuggets, the Prairie View College |
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Alumni Class of 1944, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Jack and Jill |
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of America, the Blue Triangle Garden Club, the Harris County |
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Retired Teachers Association, and the Winsomnette Social Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Marjorie Banks exchanged wedding vows with Benjamin |
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Ammons on April 23, 1948, and they shared a rewarding marriage that |
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spanned 63 years; the couple became the proud parents of two sons, |
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Clifton and Benjamin; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for her warm smile and loving spirit, Marjorie |
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Ammons lived a rich and purposeful life, and those who were |
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privileged to share in her love and friendship will forever hold her |
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close in their 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 Marjorie Banks |
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Ammons and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: |
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to her husband, Benjamin Ammons; to her sons, Clifton Ammons and |
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Benjamin Ammons II; to her grandson, Clifton Ammons III; to her |
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stepdaughter, Sheila Gautreaux; to her step-grandchildren, Stephen |
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Fleming, Sian Thioune, and Shawn Brown; to her |
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step-great-grandchildren, Keiphen Fleming, Joseph Fleming, Mamadou |
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Thioune, and Shelby Brown; and to her 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 Marjorie |
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Ammons. |