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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 996
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In Memory |
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of |
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Ashley Therese Perret Harrison |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Dallas in mourning the loss of Ashley Therese Perret |
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Harrison, who died April 27, 2011, at the age of 22; and |
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WHEREAS, Ashley Harrison was born on January 10, 1989, in |
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Dallas; she graduated from the Ursuline Academy of Dallas, and |
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she spent her freshman year in college with a scholarship at |
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Saint Edward's University; she spent her next three years at the |
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University of Alabama, where she would have graduated with honors |
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and a bachelor's degree in economics in December of 2011; she |
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lost her life in the tornado that struck Tuscaloosa; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Ashley excelled in athletics |
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and in dance; she spent years working on her gymnastics |
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techniques and on ballet, and she played for two years on the |
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Texas National Lacrosse team; she was also dedicated to her work |
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on behalf of numerous charitable causes, including Locks of Love; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ashley dreamed of becoming a lawyer and had |
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already worked for a time at the law firm of Phelps, Jenkins, |
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Gibson and Fowler; she had been accepted into the United Bank of |
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Switzerland's internship program in Washington, D.C., for the |
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summer of 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, An exemplary young woman, Ashley was strong in |
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character, high spirited, and generous and compassionate; she |
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was noted for her beautiful smile and for her enthusiasm for |
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living each day to the fullest, and she will be greatly missed by |
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all who were privileged to share in her life; now, therefore, be |
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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 Ashley Therese Perret Harrison; 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 Ashley Harrison. |
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Carona, Nelson |
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Zaffirini |
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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 May 19, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |