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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were greatly saddened by the loss |
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of Nyle Jane Terry of Houston, who passed away on November 22, 2011, |
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at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 14, 1928, |
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Nyle Terry grew up in the Motor City and in Buffalo and Cleveland; |
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she attended Duke University in North Carolina, where she studied |
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Spanish and Russian and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors; while |
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at Duke, she met fellow student Howard Chester Terry, and the two |
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were married on campus; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Terry and her husband moved to Houston in 1950, |
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settling in the Oak Forest neighborhood; in time, they welcomed |
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into their family two treasured sons, Clark and Stan; a devoted |
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mother, Mrs. Terry helped her children with homework and school |
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projects and cheered for them at athletic events; she was supported |
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in her efforts by the many friends she made in the community, which |
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remained her home for 60-plus years; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to raising her family, Mrs. Terry |
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assisted her husband with his work at a publishing company by |
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serving as his office manager, performing administrative duties and |
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keeping the business running smoothly; she loved the simple things |
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in life, delighting in song and dance and in her two felines, Kitty |
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Cat and Tika; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Terry was a woman of strong religious |
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conviction and was active in church throughout her life; she also |
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read the Bible aloud with her sons every night until they left for |
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college; and |
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WHEREAS, This inspiring Texan lived a caring and purposeful |
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life, and her commitment to her faith and her loved ones will |
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forever be remembered with deep respect and abiding affection; 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 Nyle Jane Terry and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her son, |
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Stan Terry, and his wife, Chris; to her grandchildren, Ashley, |
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Andrew, Matthew, Elizabeth, and Laura Terry; and to her other |
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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 so do in memory of Nyle Jane |
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Terry. |