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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Rhonda H. Picon of Plano passed away on February 27, |
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2010, at the age of 59; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Rhonda Heflin was born on May 3, 1950, in |
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Renton, Washington, to Russell Heflin and Bessie Madding Heflin; |
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she worked as an office manager for 17 years at Stan Luckie and |
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Associates, an insurance agency in Garland; she also graduated from |
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and was chair of Leadership Garland and served on the planning |
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committee of its annual prayer breakfast; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than four decades, she shared her life with |
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Deacon Arnold Picon, a mechanical engineer, the director of the |
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Diaconate Ministry of the Diocese of Dallas, and a member of the |
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Spanish ministry at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in |
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Plano; together they welcomed into their family two treasured sons, |
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Jeffrey and Gabriel; and |
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WHEREAS, Working alongside her husband, Mrs. Picon valued her |
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role assisting the wives of men in deacon formation; leading by |
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example, she helped them learn how to support their husbands in |
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their service to the Catholic Church, inspiring many with her |
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wisdom and experience; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Picon also especially valued her time with her |
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family, and she looked forward to summer family reunions in |
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Arkansas and the chance to visit with her cousins and other Madding |
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relatives; and |
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WHEREAS, Rhonda Picon's generosity of spirit and concern for |
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others were of tremendous value to all who had the good fortune to |
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know her, and memories of this beloved woman will forever endure in |
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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 life of Rhonda H. Picon and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Deacon Arnold Picon; to her sons, Jeffrey Russell Picon |
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and Gabriel Arnold Picon; to her sister, Charlotte Heflin; to her |
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sister-in-law, Franny Picon Banks, and her husband, Leroy; to her |
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brothers-in-law, Jorge Picon and Oscar Picon and his wife, Elfie; |
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to her parents-in-law, Gabriel and Helda Picon; and to her other |
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relatives and friends; 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 Rhonda |
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Picon. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2091 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 26, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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