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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 Mary Margret Smith of Mineola who passed away on February 22, |
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2013, at the age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe J. Smith, Sr., and Ciddie Head |
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Smith, Mary Smith was born in Cleburne on December 3, 1920; she was |
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an attentive and loving caregiver for her parents, and she proudly |
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supported her seven siblings in all their endeavors; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Smith represented Mineola in the Texas pageant |
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in 1939, and in subsequent years, she served her community as a |
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secretary on the Meredith Foundation Board and as an officer of the |
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Pilot Club; a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church |
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in Mineola, she sang in the choir, served as a youth counselor, and |
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taught in the children's department; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Smith lived a rich and purposeful life centered |
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around her faith and her family, and she will long be remembered |
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with deep affection by all those who held her dear; 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 pay tribute to the memory of Mary Margret Smith |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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sister, Dorothy McCreary, and her husband, Bob; to her brothers, |
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Don Smith and his wife, Peggy, and Lamar Smith and his wife, |
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Beverly; to her sisters-in-law, Katie Smith, Martha Smith, and |
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Betty Smith Ratliff; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Mary |
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Margret Smith. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1744 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 8, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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