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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 374
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In Memory |
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of |
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Teresa Dianne May |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Teresa Dianne May, who |
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died February 4, 2011, at the age of 50; and |
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WHEREAS, Teresa Dianne May was born November 12, 1960, in |
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee; she moved with her family to Austin in 1968 |
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and went on to graduate from Anderson High School in 1978; and |
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WHEREAS, She attended the University of Kentucky School of |
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Music following a successful audition to enter its piano |
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performance program; for her senior presentation she performed a |
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Chopin recital, and she graduated in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, She returned to Texas and completed studies for a |
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paralegal certificate at Southwest Texas State University and |
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began a career as a legal assistant; for more than 20 years, she |
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worked in environmental law for the firm of Brown McCarroll; and |
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WHEREAS, She was fascinated by genealogy and had traced her |
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family to the Revolutionary War, in which 10 of her ancestors had |
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served; she was a member of the Andrew Carruthers Chapter of the |
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Daughters of the American Revolution; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, creativity, and compassion, she |
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gave generously to others, and her wisdom, warmth, and enthusiasm |
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for living each day to the fullest will not be forgotten by those |
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who knew her; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife and mother, and her family |
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and many friends will continue to live with the treasured memories |
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of her life and her many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Teresa Dianne May: her husband, Ben William Jones; her |
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daughter, Margaret Lee May-Jones; her parents, Fred and Darlene |
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May; and her brothers, Martin and David May; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Teresa Dianne May. |
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Watson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 28, 2011, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |