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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Ella Mae Eagleton of Crosby passed away on December 9, |
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2012, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Ella Mae Alfred was born to Eil and Nevada |
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Alfred on February 4, 1927, in Morrows, Louisiana; she grew up the |
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second of four daughters and graduated from Carver High School in |
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Baytown; she later became a licensed cosmetologist and practiced in |
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her own shop in Barrett Station; in 1949, she married Mack Eagleton |
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II, with whom she had three sons and a daughter, and together they |
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enjoyed many years of happiness as a family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Eagleton was a dedicated member of Mt. Rose |
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Church of God in Christ, known as the City of Refuge, for six |
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decades; she worked as its secretary from the early 1950s and |
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honorably filled the role of church mother; moreover, she conducted |
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morning prayer, taught Bible study and Sunday school, and counseled |
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many of her fellow congregants; Mrs. Eagleton further |
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distinguished herself with her contributions to the Texas Southeast |
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Church of God in Christ, which she served as director of children's |
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ministries, and she was a teacher at the National COGIC Women's |
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Conventions; and |
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WHEREAS, Ella Mae Eagleton touched countless people with her |
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kindness, wisdom, and devotion, and she will forever be remembered |
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with deep affection by all who held her close to their hearts; now, |
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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 memory of Ella Mae Alfred |
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Eagleton and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her children, Ronald Eagleton and his wife, Jeorgia, Gary |
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Eagleton and his wife, Cynthia, and Lillian Alexander; to her |
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grandchildren, Kwame, Derek, Korey, Damon, Paula, Layla, Amber, |
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Mack, Briana, and Devin; to her 12 great-grandchildren; and to her |
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many other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That when the Texas House of Representatives |
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adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ella Mae Eagleton. |