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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Agnes DeJoyce McRoy-Morgan on January 14, 2013, at the age |
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of 61; and |
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WHEREAS, DeJoyce McRoy-Morgan was born on October 21, 1951, |
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in Syracuse, New York, to Dee Madison and Agnes Young; she grew up |
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in Florida, graduating from Cocoa High School, and went on to earn a |
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bachelor's degree in social work at Tuskegee University in Alabama |
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and a master's degree in liberal arts at Dallas Baptist University; |
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she also completed graduate course work in criminology and |
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business; and |
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WHEREAS, She found a life partner in Dr. Warren Morgan, and |
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the couple shared many happy years together before his death in |
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2001; they were blessed with a son, Warren Morgan, and |
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Ms. McRoy-Morgan later took great joy in becoming a grandmother of |
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two; and |
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WHEREAS, She moved with her family to Waco, where she worked |
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as the director of Paul Quinn College's development office before |
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retiring to Jackson, Mississippi; Ms. McRoy-Morgan was a life |
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member of the NAACP and a golden life member of the Dallas Alumnae |
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Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; along the way, she was |
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recognized as an Outstanding Young Woman of America and as the Woman |
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of the Year by the American Women's Association; in 1988, the mayor |
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of Waco created DeJoyce Morgan Day in honor of her service to the |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, DeJoyce McRoy-Morgan treasured the time she spent in |
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the company of her family and friends, and those she leaves behind |
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will in turn cherish their memories of this kind and caring woman; |
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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 Agnes DeJoyce |
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McRoy-Morgan and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her son, Warren Morgan; to her godson, Lee Gray; to her |
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sisters, Chyann Armstrong and Sherri McRoy; to her brothers, Willie |
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Young, Barry Jenkins, and James McRoy; to her two grandchildren; |
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and to her many 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 DeJoyce |
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McRoy-Morgan. |