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          R E S O L U T I O N
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               WHEREAS, Barbara Jean Morgan Dillahunty is retiring as the  | 
      
      
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        organist at the First United Methodist Church of Uvalde on June 30,  | 
      
      
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        2013, after serving the congregation in that capacity for half a  | 
      
      
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        century; and | 
      
      
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               WHEREAS, As the church organist, Mrs. Dillahunty has played  | 
      
      
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        for services, weddings, funerals, special events, and children's  | 
      
      
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        programs; in addition to enjoying a long and productive career as a  | 
      
      
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        legal secretary, from which she retired after 48 years of dedicated  | 
      
      
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        service, she also has given back to her community through her civic  | 
      
      
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        involvement with the El Progreso Club, the El Progreso Memorial  | 
      
      
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        Library, and the local Girl Scouts; and | 
      
      
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               WHEREAS, Mrs. Dillahunty takes pride in a family that  | 
      
      
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        includes her husband, Bill, a son, Jeff, and a daughter, Dee Ann;  | 
      
      
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        having completed one phase of a richly rewarding life, she now plans  | 
      
      
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        to spend more time traveling in the coming years; and | 
      
      
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               WHEREAS, During her remarkable tenure as organist, Barbara  | 
      
      
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        Dillahunty has used the beauty of music to enrich the lives of  | 
      
      
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        fellow members of the congregation, and it is a pleasure to  | 
      
      
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        recognize her as she looks forward to the next exciting chapter of  | 
      
      
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        her life; now, therefore, be it | 
      
      
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               RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas  | 
      
      
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        Legislature hereby honor Barbara Dillahunty on the occasion of her  | 
      
      
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        retirement as organist at the First United Methodist Church of  | 
      
      
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        Uvalde and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued  | 
      
      
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        happiness; and, be it further | 
      
      
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               RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be  | 
      
      
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        prepared for Mrs. Dillahunty as an expression of high regard by the  | 
      
      
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        Texas House of Representatives. |