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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 19
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In Memory |
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Jean Webb |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Fort Worth in mourning the loss of Jean Webb, who died |
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June 18, 2013, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Jean Webb was born February 11, 1935, in Port |
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Arthur, to Dorothy and H. A. Hefner; she was an honors graduate of |
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Graham High School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees |
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from North Texas State University; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Lieutenant Billy Gean Webb, a United |
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States Marine Corps pilot, in 1958; the couple lived in different |
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locales in California and Texas until 1965, when they settled in |
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Fort Worth; they were blessed with four daughters and with |
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grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Webb enjoyed a long and productive career as |
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an educator; she taught for 35 years at Fort Worth Country Day |
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School, where her ability to motivate her students instilled in |
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them an appreciation of challenge and a lifelong love of |
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learning; and |
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WHEREAS, After her retirement from teaching, she remained |
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active at the school, directing its alumni efforts for many years |
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and serving as chair of the school's archives; she played an |
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important role in planning the school's 50th anniversary |
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celebration, and the Jean Webb Alumni Service Award was |
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established in her honor; and |
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WHEREAS, She was active in a number of professional and civic |
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organizations, including the Iota Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, |
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Friends of the Fort Worth Public Library, and the Casa Mañana Board |
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of Directors; a devout Christian who practiced her faith in her |
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daily life, she was a member of First United Methodist Church, where |
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she held numerous leadership positions; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and compassion, she |
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gave generously to others, and her wisdom, her charismatic |
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personality, and her enthusiasm for living each day to the |
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fullest will not be forgotten; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and |
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grandmother, and she leaves behind memories that will be |
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treasured forever by her family and countless friends; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere condolences |
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to the bereaved family of Jean Webb; 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 Jean Webb. |
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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 July 9, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |