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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 Stella Marion Hawes of Mineral Wells, who passed away on August |
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27, 2012, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Joseph and Ruth Petri on October 24, 1920, in |
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Maceo, Kentucky, the former Marion Petri attended Daviess County |
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schools and graduated as valedictorian of her class; she married |
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the love of her life, Samuel Arthur Hawes, on July 3, 1942, and with |
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him shared a rewarding relationship that was blessed with two |
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children; and |
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WHEREAS, During World War II, Mrs. Hawes worked at a |
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walkie-talkie assembly plant while her husband served with the |
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U.S. Army Air Forces in the North African theater; she accompanied |
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him when he was transferred to California to train pilots, and it |
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was there that exhilarating flights in a P-38 piloted by her husband |
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inspired her lifelong passion for flying; she eventually attained a |
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pilot's license herself; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple moved to Austin after the war, and |
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Mrs. Hawes worked at Balcones Research Center while Mr. Hawes |
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attended The University of Texas; they later settled in Mineral |
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Wells, where they worked together to build a successful clay tile |
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plant; in addition to devoting herself to her home and her family, |
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Mrs. Hawes served as a den mother for her sons' Cub Scout troop and |
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assumed an active role in PTA and booster club events; she also |
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organized blood drives and helped change the city charter to |
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mandate a city manager form of government; moreover, Mrs. Hawes was |
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a charter member of the forerunner of today's Palo Pinto General |
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Hospital Healthcare Auxiliary Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Intelligent, with a strong sense of duty and a |
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sometimes unexpected sense of humor, this delightful woman counted |
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cooking, gardening, camping, and playing bridge and chess among her |
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favorite pastimes; she was also a talented pianist and artist; and |
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WHEREAS, Marion Hawes possessed a generosity of spirit that |
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expressed itself in myriad ways, and she will forever hold a |
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treasured place in the hearts of all those who had the good fortune |
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to know her; now, 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 Stella Marion Hawes |
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and extend sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, Doug |
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Hawes and Dave Hawes; to her grandchildren, Ali Hawes Buhay and Josh |
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Hawes; and to her other 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 do so in memory of Stella |
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Marion Hawes. |