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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Abbie K. King of Aubrey, who passed away on March 14, 2013, at the |
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age of 98; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Aubrey, the former Abbie Wilson was born |
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on November 13, 1914, to Thomas and Jimmie Wilson; she came of age |
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during the Great Depression and was witness to many events that |
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shaped our nation's history; and |
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WHEREAS, She found a life partner in William Iley King, whom |
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she married on October 25, 1930, in Marietta, Oklahoma; the couple |
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had five children, Monroe, Jimmy, Gene Paul, Gaylon, and Lois, and |
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with the passing years, Mrs. King's family grew to include 16 |
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grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and 37 |
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great-great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Abbie King treasured the time she spent in the |
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company of her family and friends, and those she leaves behind will |
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in turn cherish their memories of this kind and caring woman; 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 life of Abbie K. King and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Jimmy King and his wife, Lanessia, Gene Paul King and his |
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wife, Nancy, Gaylon King and his wife, Donna, and Lois Harmon and |
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her husband, L. Z.; to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and |
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great-great-grandchildren; to her sisters, Willie Mae Kruger and |
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her husband, L. H., and Dorothy Brockett; to her sister-in-law, |
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Laura Hampton; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Abbie King. |