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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 Betty Alice Robbins of Spicewood, who passed away on September |
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14, 2012, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Betty Day was born in Dallas on October |
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19, 1930, to Pete and Margie Day; she graduated from Sunset High |
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School in 1947 and attended Austin Community College; she worked |
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for a time at Natural Systems Laboratory and also served on the |
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staff for the Texas Legislature; an active volunteer, she |
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contributed her time and talents to the Capital Area Council of |
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Governments Aging Advisory Council and to the Edgewater Beach |
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Neighborhood Planning Association, which honored her with a Good |
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Neighbor Award; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Robbins was a valued member |
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of Lakeway Church, and she supported the work of several charitable |
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organizations; among her favorite pastimes were swimming, reading, |
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and traveling, and she liked to meet new people and make friends; |
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above all, she treasured her family, which included her husband, |
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Gene, and her children, Marian and Brian; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Betty Robbins |
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will remember the way she touched their lives with her warmth and |
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kindness, and she will forever hold a special place in their hearts; |
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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 Betty Alice Robbins |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Gene Robbins; to her children, Marian Culpepper and her |
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husband, Joel, and Brian Robbins and his wife, Jasmina; to her |
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grandchildren, Tim Culpepper and his wife, Liz, Adam Culpepper, |
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Penny Platt, and Aida Drljevic; to her seven 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 Betty |
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Robbins. |