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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Martin Craddock of Winnsboro celebrated her |
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100th birthday on March 8, 2013, and this milestone is indeed |
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deserving of special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1913 in Quitman, the former Bobbie Edmonds |
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Martin is the daughter of Richard and Eubera Martin; she helped her |
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father deliver the mail to Hainesville, and she was just five years |
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old when she watched the parade marking the end of World War I pass |
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in front of the Quitman courthouse lawn; she attended school in |
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Quitman and graduated from high school in Mineola in 1930; and |
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WHEREAS, She got a job at the Agriculture Adjustment Office |
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in Quitman and began dating a fellow employee, Joe Bailey Craddock; |
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the couple married on March 16, 1940, at the Methodist parsonage in |
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Quitman; and |
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WHEREAS, Soon thereafter, the newlyweds built a house in |
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Winnsboro, where they raised their daughters, Ann, Sue, and Peggy; |
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a dedicated homemaker, Mrs. Craddock supported her husband's |
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farming business for 59 years until his passing in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, Still living in the house she and her husband built |
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more than seven decades ago, Mrs. Craddock enjoys proximity to two |
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of her daughters who live next door; she also delights in the |
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company of her 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Craddock is a source of tremendous |
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inspiration, and in sharing the experience gained through a century |
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of life well lived, she bestows a precious gift of wisdom that |
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benefits all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Bobbie Martin Craddock on her 100th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Craddock as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1342 was adopted by the House on April |
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17, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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