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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 783
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In Memory |
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of |
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Bobbie Lucille Epperson Kilpatrick |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Bobbie Lucille Epperson Kilpatrick, who |
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died April 8, 2013, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Kilpatrick was born March 18, 1924, in |
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Ryan, Oklahoma, and her family moved to Texas when she was a |
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child; she graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1942, |
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and that summer, she met her life's love, Donald Lee Kilpatrick; |
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they married the following year, just before he was summoned to |
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serve in World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick made Fort Worth their |
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home, and over the years, they raised five sons; and |
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WHEREAS, Bobbie Kilpatrick was known throughout her life |
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as a vivacious and generous soul, and she impressed virtually |
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everyone she met with her easy smile and her joie de vivre; she |
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had a passion for reading and was seldom seen without a book close |
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at hand; she also took great satisfaction from volunteering at |
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the First Street Mission, and she was deeply loved and respected |
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by her friends in the Covenant Class at First United Methodist |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, She was devoted to her family and very proud of |
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her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and |
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nephews, and she spent countless happy hours in their company; |
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she had many dear friends in the Fort Worth community, and they |
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and the Kilpatrick family will long cherish the memory of her |
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exceptional and kind spirit; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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83rd Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the |
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bereaved family of Bobbie Lucille Epperson Kilpatrick; and, be it |
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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 |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Bobbie Kilpatrick. |
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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 April 30, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |