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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Doris |
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Cupp Guinn of Daingerfield, who passed away on May 6, 2013, at the |
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age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on May 13, 1924, the former Doris Lester was a |
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native of Daingerfield and the youngest of seven children of James |
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and Era Lee McTyre Lester, along with her twin sister, Dorothy; she |
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grew up on the family's farm during the Great Depression and spent |
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the majority of her life in Daingerfield, apart from a short time |
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when the family moved to Louisiana and she attended Rodessa High |
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School; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1948, she married Sam W. Cupp, a returning |
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soldier who served in the European theater; they shared two decades |
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together before his death, and they became the parents of two |
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daughters, Sandra Kay and Judy Ann; over the years, their family |
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grew to include four treasured grandchildren, Amber, Sammye, |
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Lindsey, and Daniel, as well as three great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, After she was widowed, Mrs. Guinn was determined to |
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secure a future for her daughters and purchased a small grocery |
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store that she named Twins' Drive-In, becoming an entrepreneur at a |
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time when few women were; after years of success running that |
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business, she was later employed at Knieff's, during which time she |
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developed many lasting friendships; her resourcefulness and will to |
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achieve while working as a single mother made it possible for her |
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daughters to further their education; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Guinn was fortunate to find love again in 1975, |
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when she exchanged wedding vows with Orville Guinn, with whom she |
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enjoyed five years before his passing; she delighted in her role as |
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a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and was a constant |
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source of wisdom and encouragement to the people around her; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued congregant at South Union Baptist Church, |
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she served as a teacher, a choir member, and a member of the Naomi |
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Sunday School Class and the ladies' auxiliary; seldom at a loss for |
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ways to spend her time, she was fond of cooking, crocheting, tending |
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to her yard and garden, and above all, doting on her loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, Doris Guinn lived a rich and purposeful life |
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centered around her faith and family, and she will forever be |
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remembered with tenderness and affection by all those fortunate |
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enough to have known her; 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 memory |
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of Doris Cupp Guinn and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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her family: to her daughters, Sandra Quarles and her husband, |
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Dearl, and Judy Pilgrim and her husband, Randy; to her stepsons, |
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Paul Guinn and his wife, Patti, and Rusty Guinn and his wife, |
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Sheila; to her grandchildren, Amber Quarles, Sammye Phillips, |
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Lindsey Pilgrim, and Daniel Pilgrim; to her great-grandchildren; |
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and to her 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 Doris |
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Guinn. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 253 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 25, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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