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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Nira |
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Maretta Strain of Lumberton, who passed away on April 21, 2013, at |
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the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 30, 1933, in Sycamore, Alabama, Nira |
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Strain was the daughter of Ambrose Ford and Evie Ray Morgan; she |
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served as a manager at K-Mart in Beaumont until retiring; and |
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WHEREAS, For 45 years, Mrs. Strain shared her life with her |
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husband, Walter Strain, and she was the mother of two children, |
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Kenneth and Juanita; she later welcomed into her family five |
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grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Nira Strain lived a rich and purposeful life, and |
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although her absence is keenly felt, she has left behind a wealth of |
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memories for her loved ones to forever treasure; now, therefore, be |
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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 Nira Maretta Strain |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sisters, Victoria Reagan, Joyce Westmoreland, Betty Harris, and |
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Bobbie Morris; to her brother, Ray Morgan; to her grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Nira |
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Maretta Strain. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2308 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 22, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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