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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the kindness and |
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generosity of Gladys Virginia Burton of Moody and Waco, who passed |
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away on April 15, 2011, at the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 10, 1915, in McGregor, the former |
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Gladys Garrett was the third of six children of Walter and Myrtle |
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Garrett; she grew up on a farm and picked cotton to help her family |
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weather the Great Depression; after attending Willow Grove School |
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for 10 years, she graduated from Moody High School in 1933; and |
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WHEREAS, Gladys Garrett married Clarence Miller Burton in |
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1936, and the couple shared a devoted union until his passing in |
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1971; Mrs. Burton was blessed with two daughters, Rita Kay and Linda |
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Beth, and also with three granddaughters and two |
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great-granddaughters; her great love for her family revealed itself |
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in many ways, not least in the months and years that she served as a |
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caregiver for her mother-in-law, her husband, and her younger |
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daughter, who predeceased her; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Burton was employed in Moody as a clerk at |
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several grocery stores and later worked as a nurse technician at the |
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Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, a |
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job she enjoyed enormously; she spent two decades at the clinic, |
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retiring in 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, This treasured woman contributed to her community as |
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a lifelong congregant of First Baptist Church, as a board member of |
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the Moody Cotton Harvest Festival and the Moody Cemetery |
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Association, as a 10-year volunteer with Meals on Wheels, and as a |
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member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Friends of the Moody |
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Library; her public spirit was also evidenced by her assistance |
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with multiple local elections; and |
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WHEREAS, In her leisure time, Gladys Burton avidly followed |
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college and professional football; she also delighted in holding |
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garage sales, playing 42, a game at which she excelled, and creating |
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quilts for her family; above all, she loved to travel, and she was |
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fortunate to visit many destinations in the United States and |
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abroad; and |
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WHEREAS, Gladys Burton lived a full, caring, and productive |
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life, and those who were privileged to share in her love and |
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friendship will forever remember her with great tenderness and |
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affection; 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 Gladys Virginia |
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Burton and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: |
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to her daughter, Rita Kay Ross, and her husband, David; to her |
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granddaughters, Robin Leigh Ross, Stacy Amanda Maisel and her |
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husband, Gary, and Lea Whitney Rozell and her husband, Darren; to |
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her great-granddaughters, Amanda Nicole Maisel and Hannah Grace |
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Maisel; to her brother, James Garrett; to her son-in-law, Tommy |
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Walker, and DiAnn, Drew, and Megan; and to her other relatives and |
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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 Gladys |
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Burton. |