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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 859
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In Memory |
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of |
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Elizabeth Anne Smith Jones |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Elizabeth Anne Smith Jones, who died |
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April 25, 2011, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Elizabeth Anne Smith Jones was an exemplary |
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citizen who was widely respected and admired in her community for |
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her many achievements; and |
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WHEREAS, She was born February 28, 1928, in Dallas, to Lura |
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May Aldridge Smith and James Oscar Smith, Sr.; she graduated from |
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Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas and attended Southern |
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Methodist University during World War II; she married J. Grant |
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Jones on August 21, 1948, and the couple raised two children, who |
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blessed them with three grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones was a warm and compassionate homemaker |
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and a dedicated civic volunteer; she served on the board of the |
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YMCA and as president of the Junior League of Abilene; and |
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WHEREAS, She provided invaluable support to her husband |
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while he served in the Texas Senate, and she was a member of the |
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Senate Ladies Club during their time in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a woman of many talents and interests and |
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greatly enjoyed being an airplane pilot and seeing the country; |
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she also enjoyed traveling the world, and she owned and managed |
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the Phoenix Collection, a specialty store in Abilene; and |
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WHEREAS, A devout Christian who practiced her faith in her |
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daily life, Mrs. Jones was active in Saint Paul's Methodist |
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Church in Abilene, where she sang in the choir; she later |
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attended Christ Episcopal Church in Temple; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones will be remembered for her |
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graciousness, her enthusiasm, and her generosity of spirit, and |
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she will continue to live in the hearts and minds of those she |
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left behind; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she was |
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beloved by her family and friends, and she leaves behind memories |
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that will be treasured forever by all those who were privileged |
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to share in her life; 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 Elizabeth Anne Smith Jones: her husband, J. Grant |
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Jones; her children, Morgan A. Jones and Janet T. Jones Pliego; |
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and her grandchildren, Jonathan J. Pliego, Morgan J. Pliego, and |
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Melia Caitlyn Jones; 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 Elizabeth Anne Smith Jones. |
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Whitmire |
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Harris |
Rodriguez |
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| Duncan |
Jackson |
Van de Putte |
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| Gallegos |
Patrick |
Zaffirini |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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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 April 27, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |