| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, Ines G. Carrera of Starr County, an esteemed |
|
|
educator and friend to many, passed away on January 27, 2011, at the |
|
|
age of 80; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, A descendant of the original Spanish-speaking |
|
|
pioneers who colonized Starr County in the mid-18th century, Ines |
|
|
Carrera was born at La Reforma Ranch on July 29, 1930, to Manuel |
|
|
Guerra Saenz and Francisca Ramirez Gera; she married Eladio |
|
|
Carrera, and together they shared 56 years of matrimony and became |
|
|
the parents of five children before Mr. Carrera passed away; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, At age 16, Mrs. Carrera was valedictorian of the |
|
|
Class of 1947 at San Isidro High School, and she went on to graduate |
|
|
with high honors from Texas State College for Women in 1951, earning |
|
|
both a bachelor of arts degree and a bachelor of science degree; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mrs. Carrera began her notable 28-year career in |
|
|
education during the 1951-52 school year, initially teaching home |
|
|
economics at Roma High School; she joined the faculty at Rio Grande |
|
|
City High School the following year before taking nine years off to |
|
|
raise her children; she returned to Rio Grande City High in 1962 and |
|
|
continued to work there until her retirement in 1988, by which time |
|
|
she was teaching some of the grandchildren of her original |
|
|
students; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mrs. Carrera loved history, reading, cooking, |
|
|
sewing, and gardening, and she served as president of the Rio Grande |
|
|
City Garden Club, the Starr County Historical Association, and the |
|
|
Rio Grande City Women's Club, of which she was a life member; in |
|
|
addition, she was a director of the Rio Grande City-Roma Pan |
|
|
American Round Table, a founding member of Los Caminos Del Rio, and |
|
|
a member of the Starr County Retired School Employees Association; |
|
|
and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Ines Carrera made a positive difference in the lives |
|
|
of countless Rio Grande City students, and she leaves behind a |
|
|
legacy of dedicated service to her community that will continue to |
|
|
resonate for many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Ines G. Carrera and |
|
|
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
|
|
children, Eladio, Victor, Minerva, and Daniel Carrera and Gloria |
|
|
Lammers; to her grandchildren, Aaron, Carlos, and Olivia Lammers |
|
|
and Monique, Alexandro, Marisa, Marielle, Cristian, and Isaac |
|
|
Carrera; to her step-granddaughter, Celena Avila; to her siblings, |
|
|
Rafael, Juan Manuel, and Leonel Guerra, Elmira Beeler, and Berta |
|
|
Bradley; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
|
|
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ines |
|
|
Carrera. |
| |
|
|
Guillen |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Speaker of the House |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.R. No. 2402 was unanimously adopted by a |
|
|
rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |