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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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passing of Norma Linda Martinez Gallegos of Brownsville on October |
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29, 2014, at the age of 70; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Tomasa and Raul Martinez, the former |
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Norma Martinez was born in Brownsville in June 1944; she graduated |
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from Brownsville High School in 1963 and went on to build a 27-year |
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career as an elementary teacher, reading specialist, and |
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facilitator before retiring in 2000 to dedicate more time to her |
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family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Gallegos was a devoted wife to her husband of |
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46 years, Ruben Gallegos, and the proud mother of two children, |
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Ruben and Norma Linda; she adored her two grandsons and enjoyed |
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attending and hosting family gatherings, visiting Las Vegas, and |
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listening to the music of Elvis Presley; a woman of strong religious |
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convictions as well, she was a valued member of the community of |
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faith at St. Mary's Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Norma Gallegos inspired those around her with her |
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courage, kindness, and optimism, and although she is deeply missed, |
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the loved ones she leaves behind will long remember her with great |
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tenderness and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature pay tribute to the life of Norma Linda Martinez |
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Gallegos and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, Dr. Ruben Gallegos; to her children, Ruben |
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Gallegos Jr. and his wife, Lisa, and Dr. Norma Linda |
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Gallegos-Flores and her husband, Art; to her grandsons, Ruben |
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Gallegos III and Raul Alfonso Gallegos; to her sisters, Yolanda |
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Garza and her husband, Lupe, and Sylvia Gomez and her husband, |
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Rolando; to her brother, Raul Martinez Jr. and his wife, Jeannie; |
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and to her other friends and relatives, including Dr. Manuel and |
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Raquel Gomez, Eddie and Elida Martinez, Lupe and Odilia Gonzalez, |
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Saul and Irma Villarreal, Juan and Rosie Gonzalez, David and Janie |
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Majors, Luis and Diana Liendo, and Jesse and Delma Gallegos; and, be |
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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 Norma Linda |
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Martinez Gallegos. |