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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Taylor Lake Village lost an esteemed |
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community leader with the passing of Mayor-elect Lilian Norman |
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Keeney on April 2, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1938 in Gateshead, England, Lilian Keeney |
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attended Newcastle University; she later immigrated to America, |
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where she went on to become the owner of the Norman Insurance |
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Agency; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Keeney had distinguished herself on the Taylor |
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Lake Village City Council and as mayor pro tem before her recent |
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election as mayor; her leadership was also acknowledged at the |
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statewide level when she was appointed as a commissioner of the |
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Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation by Governor Rick Perry |
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in 2005, and she was reappointed to that post in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, A committed member of the Republican Party, |
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Mrs. Keeney was a three-time delegate or alternate to the party's |
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national convention; she served as president of the Bay Area |
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Republican Women, which honored her with two awards, and she was a |
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district director of the Texas Federation of Republican Women; for |
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her efforts, she was named the Senate District 11 Volunteer of the |
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Year by the state party in both 2007 and 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Keeney also found time to serve as vice |
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president and program chair of the Houston Symphony League Bay Area |
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and as a member of the Museum Guild of Clear Lake; active in the |
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Daughters of the British Empire, she further contributed her time |
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and talent to support Mountbatten House, a home for the elderly; in |
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addition, she was a faithful member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Keeney enjoyed the love and affection of her |
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husband, Jon, and she was devoted to her sons, David and Jeff; over |
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the years, she delighted in welcoming six granddaughters into her |
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family; and |
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WHEREAS, Lilian Keeney served as an inspiring role model to |
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many, and she leaves behind a legacy that will be forever treasured |
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by all those who were 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 pay tribute to the memory of Lilian Norman |
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Keeney and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, Jon Keeney; to her sons, Jeff Norman and his wife, |
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Elizabeth, and David Norman and his wife, Bonnie; to her |
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stepdaughter, Laura Keeney Spalding, and her husband, Charlie; to |
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her granddaughters, Katelyn, Rachel, Anne, and Emily Norman, and |
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Matti and Ellie Spalding; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Lilian |
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Norman Keeney. |