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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family, friends, and colleagues of Wise County |
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Justice of the Peace Terri Lynn Johnson were greatly saddened by her |
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untimely passing on April 26, 2014, at the age of 40; and |
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WHEREAS, Terri Johnson was born in Fort Worth on October 29, |
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1973, to Kenny Taylor and Carol Miller; she embarked on her career |
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in public service in 1992, when she joined the Denton County |
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Sheriff's Department as community relations director; after |
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earning her peace officer's license, she taught Drug Abuse |
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Resistance Education classes in Denton County schools and was |
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honored as the 1996 DARE Officer of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Following her completion of a degree in criminal |
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justice, Ms. Johnson took a part-time job at the local justice of |
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the peace office; her rewarding experiences in that position later |
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inspired her to run for justice of the peace for Precinct 2 of Wise |
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County; she took office on January 1, 2007, and was reelected four |
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years later, and in the course of her tenure, she earned the respect |
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of her peers and the appreciation of the public; in addition to |
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fulfilling her duties as justice of the peace, she served on the |
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criminal justice and juvenile grant review boards of the North |
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Central Texas Council of Governments and acted as secretary for the |
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Texas Justice Court Judges Association; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan also played an active role in |
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her community in other ways; she volunteered with the American |
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Diabetes Association, taught for Junior Achievement, and served as |
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a mentor for Teen Court and for the Decatur High School chapter of |
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the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; moreover, she was a valued |
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member of the congregation at First Baptist Church of Decatur; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Johnson and her husband, Craig, established a |
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rewarding union that spanned 18 years, and the couple became the |
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parents of two sons, Coy and Harlon; in her spare time, she invented |
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and marketed a cleaner for horse tack, and she enjoyed baking, |
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traveling, and shooting sporting clays; and |
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WHEREAS, A caring wife and mother and an accomplished public |
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official, Terri Johnson made a meaningful difference in the lives |
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of her loved ones and fellow citizens alike, and her contributions |
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will be remembered and admired for years to come; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Judge Terri Lynn |
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Johnson and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, Craig Johnson; to her sons, Coy and Harlon Johnson; to |
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her mother, Carol France and her husband, Garry; to her father, |
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Kenny Taylor; to her grandfather, Garlon Taylor; to her brothers, |
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Rowdy France and his wife, Debbie, and Cody France and his wife, |
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Sarah; to her sister, Reka Ofner and her husband, Ron; to her uncle, |
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Curt Miller and his wife, Ruthie; and to her other relatives and |
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many friends; and, be it further |
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ESOLVED, 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 Terri Lynn |
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Johnson. |
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King of Parker |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 448 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 16, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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