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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Hope Wilson Huffman of San Angelo, who passed away on March 29, |
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2010, at the age of 49; and |
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WHEREAS, This seventh-generation Texan could trace her |
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family lineage back to members of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three |
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Hundred and to German settlers who helped to establish the town of |
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Gruene; born in San Angelo on February 5, 1961, to Duncan |
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C. O. Wilson, Jr., and Patricia Hope Wilson, Ms. Huffman graduated |
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from Central High School in 1979; she went on to attend The |
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University of Texas, where she earned a bachelor of science degree |
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in speech and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority; and |
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WHEREAS, Keenly interested in politics, Ms. Huffman worked |
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for Senator John Tower after college and then for President Ronald |
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Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign; following President Reagan's |
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victory, she received an appointment in the U.S. Department of |
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Agriculture, and she later returned to Austin to work for Karl |
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Rove's political consulting firm; and |
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WHEREAS, Hope Huffman and her husband, James, were joined in |
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matrimony on November 14, 1987; they shared a loving relationship |
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and were blessed with two daughters, Grace and Virginia; the family |
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made its home in the Santa Rita neighborhood of San Angelo, where |
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Ms. Huffman enjoyed the company of many lifelong friends; active in |
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the community, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and |
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she volunteered her time with a number of organizations, including |
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the Humane Society of Tom Green County, the San Angelo Symphony, and |
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the West Texas Rehabilitation Center; Ms. Huffman also served as a |
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director of the Upper Colorado River Authority from 1999 until her |
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passing; and |
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WHEREAS, An avid naturalist and land conservationist, Hope |
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Huffman loved being outdoors, and she especially enjoyed working on |
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her Coralina Ranch, which had been in her family since 1885; side by |
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side with her husband, she devoted countless hours of effort to |
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improving the land, and she also continued to care for her father's |
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cherished pecan orchard; an expert markswoman, she had a great |
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passion for hunting as well as traveling, and she went on memorable |
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safaris to places such as Africa, New Zealand, and Alaska; and |
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WHEREAS, Hope Huffman possessed a zest for life and a |
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generosity of spirit that brightened the world for all around her, |
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and those who were privileged to share in her love and affection |
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will forever hold her 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 Hope Wilson Huffman |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, James Gordon Huffman, Jr.; to her daughters, Grace Wilson |
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Huffman and Virginia Lynn Huffman; to her brother and |
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sister-in-law, Cam and Lydia Wilson; to her nephews, Nick and Max |
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Wilson; to her mother-in-law, Kathleen Porter; 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 Hope |
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Huffman. |