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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Florence Faye Stone Reeh of Carthage on April 14, 2013, at |
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the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Florence Stone was born on April 27, |
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1924, in Kirbyville to James and Nancy Stone; she attended Port |
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Arthur College and Lamar University before completing secretarial |
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training and earning certificates in finance and accounting at |
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Henderson Business College; and |
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WHEREAS, Affectionately known as "Noogen," she married |
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Earnest Tucker, and they had two children, Nancy and Ben; following |
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her husband's passing, she was fortunate to find love again with |
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Douglas Reeh, and together the couple ran the Timpson & Tenaha News, |
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with Mrs. Reeh serving as copublisher and editor; active in the |
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local chambers of commerce, she was also a leader in the Rusk County |
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Poetry Society, and she was proud to have several of her poems |
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published; and |
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WHEREAS, Although she is deeply missed, those who were |
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privileged to share in the friendship and love of Florence Reeh will |
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always remember her with great admiration and affection; 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 Florence Faye Stone |
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Reeh and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her children, Nancy Alexander and her husband, Lynn, and Ben Tucker |
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and his wife, Cindy; to her stepchildren, Kathy Dodson and her |
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husband, Bobby, Daryl Reeh, and Galen Reeh and his wife, Derelyn; to |
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her grandchildren, step-grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; |
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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 Florence |
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Faye Stone Reeh. |