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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the friends and family |
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of Connie Colleen Todd of Odessa, who passed away on June 5, 2013, |
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at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Clover, Idaho, on October 27, 1937, to Helen |
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and Johnny Williamson, the former Connie Williamson graduated from |
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high school in Buhl, Idaho, and subsequently attended Boise |
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Business College; a successful entrepreneur, she owned T&C Sales |
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and was a co-owner of Urban Land Company and M&J Sitter Service; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Todd served in a Republican women's club and |
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volunteered her time with Make-A-Wish, Court Appointed Special |
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Advocates, and the Civil Air Patrol; a woman of faith, she belonged |
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to the First Church of the Nazarene; in her spare time, she enjoyed |
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gardening, collecting miniature lighthouses and cars, and tending |
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her powder blue 1979 Corvette; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted wife and mother, Mrs. Todd shared more |
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than four decades of marriage with her husband, Tom, and she |
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cherished her three children, Tammy, Mike, and Mindy; with the |
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passing years, she experienced the joy of welcoming into her family |
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6 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Connie Todd |
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will remember the way she touched their lives with her warmth and |
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generosity, and she will forever occupy a treasured place in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Connie Colleen Todd and extend sincere condolences to the members |
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of her family: to her husband, Tom Todd; to her children, Tammy |
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Todd, Mike Todd and his wife, Anita, and Mindy Gregg and her |
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husband, Wiley; to her siblings, Rita Strong, Johnny Williamson, |
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Betty Williamson, and Lana Salter; to her grandchildren, Tia Gregg, |
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Rusty Waggoner, Jason LeMoine, Jessica Gregg, Ashley Carpenter, and |
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Amber Gregg; to her great-grandchildren, Brentley Swabby, Kagen |
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Waggoner, Keaton Waggoner, Khloe Pearson, Faith Becker, Dayton |
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LeMoine, Colton Gregg, Jayden Carpenter, Mallory Carpenter, |
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William Carpenter, Jr., Emma Darby, and Kensley Darby; and to her |
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other relatives and 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 Connie |
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Todd. |