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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and former students will long |
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treasure their memories of educator Margaret Ruth Williams Meador |
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of Arlington, who died on February 13, 2012, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Margaret Williams was born in Lamesa on |
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November 14, 1936; her parents, Dr. H. V. Williams and Ruth |
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Williams, were teachers at Baylor University, and following her |
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graduation from Waco High School, she trained as an opera singer at |
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Baylor; after receiving her bachelor's degree there, she went on to |
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earn a master's degree in music from Florida State University and a |
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master's degree in humanities from The University of Texas at |
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Arlington; along the way, she married Pete Meador, and though the |
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couple later divorced, they remained good friends and devoted |
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parents to their daughter, Karen; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Meador began her career in education as a high |
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school English teacher, first at Westbury High School in Houston |
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and then at several schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; for the |
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last 16 years of her life, she was a professor of literature and |
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humanities at Dallas Baptist University and Texas Wesleyan |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Professor Meador was a beloved and inspirational |
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teacher, and she earned the affection and respect of her students |
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and colleagues alike for her accomplished scholarship and devotion |
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to the humanities; she was also passionate about the causes in which |
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she believed, working in behalf of peace and justice and to |
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alleviate hunger and cruelty to animals; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving mother and a true and generous friend, |
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Margaret Meador will be forever remembered by all who knew her for |
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her intelligence, warmth, and wit; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Margaret Ruth |
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Williams Meador and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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her family: to her daughter, Karen Meador Brown, and her husband, |
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Daren; to her grandson, Duncan Gabriel Brown; to her sisters, Lisa |
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Hayes and Catherine Williams; to her sister-in-law, Sandra |
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Williams; to her brother-in-law, Jim Veninga; to her nieces, Jenny |
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Veninga, Suzanne Stoner, and Christine Kiss; to her former husband, |
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Pete Meador; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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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Representative adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Margaret |
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Ruth Williams Meador. |