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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 151
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In Memory |
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of |
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Lucia Carmona Garcia |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Bexar County in mourning the loss of Lucia Carmona |
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Garcia, who died February 2, 2013, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Lucy Carmona was born January 24, 1933, in Laredo; |
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she married Anacleto M. Garcia, Jr., on June 9, 1951, and the |
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couple moved to San Antonio in 1956; and |
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WHEREAS, Lucy became a well-known pillar of the San Antonio |
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community and served as president of the Parent Teacher |
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Association for the Edgewood school district; she also served as |
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a social worker, and she founded Holy Family Senior Nutrition |
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Program and managed it for 20 years; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a dedicated community activist who was |
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highly involved with Democratic Party political campaigns; in |
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1984, she was commissioned a Yellow Rose of Texas by Governor |
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Mark White and was appointed Hidalgo de San Antonio de Bejar by |
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the Bexar County Commissioners Court; and |
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WHEREAS, Lucy was a generous, kindhearted person who was |
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respected in the community for her many accomplishments and for |
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her courage in the face of her illness; she was a woman of deep |
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faith, and she was devoted to her husband, her children, her |
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grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Lucy Garcia was a source of strength and joy to |
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others and was beloved by many, and she will long be remembered |
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with affection and appreciation by all who were privileged to |
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share in her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Lucia Carmona Garcia; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Lucy Garcia. |
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Van de Putte |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 11, 2013, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |