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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Clarine Deaver of Belton commemorated a special |
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milestone in her life with the celebration of her 90th birthday on |
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December 19, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1921 to Irene and Tom Willie Smith in Belton, |
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the former Clarine Smith attended school in Academy; she married |
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Willie Melborn Deaver in 1940, and while he was serving his country |
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in the military during World War II, she continued her studies and |
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earned her high school diploma; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Deaver also attended beauty school and worked |
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as a beautician to help support her family; her husband was employed |
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with the Santa Fe Railroad, and his job took the family to San |
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Angelo and Bangs before he retired and the couple returned to |
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Belton; and |
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WHEREAS, Loving partners and lifelong friends, Mrs. Deaver |
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and her husband shared nearly 60 years together, until his passing |
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in 1999; they became the parents of three children, Clara Beth |
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Deaver, Lynn Jerlline Barnes, and Veta Carol Young, and Mrs. Deaver |
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has since welcomed into her family two grandchildren, Mark Deaver |
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Neeley and Cristina Louise Massey, and three great-grandchildren, |
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Kelyn Green, Kensie Green, and Kaden Massey; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mrs. Deaver lives near the home in which she |
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was raised and not far from her grandfather's house, now a Recorded |
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Texas Historic Landmark; and |
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WHEREAS, Clarine Deaver is deeply cherished by an admiring |
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circle of family and friends, and her nine decades of life well |
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lived are an inspiration to all who know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Clarine Deaver on her 90th birthday |
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and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Deaver as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Sheffield of Bell |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 675 was adopted by the House on March |
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13, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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