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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Denise |
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Rosalyn Davis Hopkins of Liberty Hill, who passed away on January |
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30, 2015, at the age of 63; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe and Hattie Davis, the former |
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Denise Davis was born in New Orleans on November 5, 1951; she grew |
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up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School and Hill |
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College; joined in matrimony to Terry L. Hopkins, an officer in the |
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United States Army, she became the devoted mother of four treasured |
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children, Tiffany, Adam, Benjamin, and Elizabeth; she shared a |
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fulfilling relationship of 30 years with Lieutenant Colonel Hopkins |
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before his untimely passing in 2002; fortunate enough to find love a |
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second time, she married Hal Harkins; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hopkins taught in public schools in Hillsboro, |
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Mount Pleasant, and Red Oak before joining the faculty of Jo Ann |
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Ford Elementary in the Georgetown Independent School District as a |
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math and science teacher; proud of her adopted home, she loved to |
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share her knowledge of the state's heritage, and she played a key |
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role in the creation of the Texas History Wax Museum at the school; |
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she also delighted in taking her fourth-graders on trips to the |
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Bullock Texas State History Museum and the State Capitol; during |
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her 11-year tenure, she motivated others with her strong school |
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spirit, and she was an especially enthusiastic participant in |
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campus dress-up days; and |
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WHEREAS, Engaged in her community, Ms. Hopkins served as |
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secretary of the Aggie Moms Club of Williamson County, and she was a |
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valued member of St. John's United Methodist Church in Georgetown; |
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she performed in its bell choir and served the congregation in other |
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capacities as well; in her free time, she enjoyed skiing with her |
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family, but relegated to the bunny slope after 35 years, she |
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eventually decided she preferred leisurely weekends with |
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Mr. Harkins at bed-and-breakfast inns; she was also known for both |
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her inability to drive past a "sale" sign and her staunch opposition |
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to paying full price for shoes; and |
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WHEREAS, Denise Hopkins made a positive difference in the |
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lives of innumerable youngsters through her commitment to |
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education, and those who were privileged to know her will forever |
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treasure their memories of her bright smile, her wonderful sense of |
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humor, and her kind and caring ways; now, therefore, be 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 memory of Denise Rosalyn |
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Davis Hopkins and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Tiffany Dawn Hopkins, Adam Bradford Davis |
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Hopkins, Benjamin John Davis Hopkins, and Elizabeth Anne Hopkins; |
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to her husband, Hal Harkins; and to her other relatives and many |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas House |
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of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Denise |
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Hopkins. |