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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and |
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talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better |
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place through their actions, and Elizabeth Graham Hill of Houston, |
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who passed away on June 1, 2014, was indeed one such person; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Olney on July 12, 1924, to Roy Jewel and Ruby |
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Andrews Graham, Elizabeth Ann Graham grew up on the family ranch in |
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Anarene; after graduating from Olney High School, where she was |
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named Most Popular Girl and Band Sweetheart as well as the state |
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champion in declamation, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, |
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Missouri, and earned a place on the school's Dean's List; and |
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WHEREAS, Bitsy Graham, as she was known to friends, |
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subsequently transferred to The University of Texas at Austin to |
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study social science, and it was there that she met her future |
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husband, John Hill; Mr. Hill spent many years in public office, |
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serving Texas as secretary of state, attorney general, and chief |
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justice of the state supreme court, and Mrs. Hill unfailingly |
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supported her husband throughout his career; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple shared more than six rewarding decades |
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together before Mr. Hill's passing in 2007; over the years, they |
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were blessed with a family that grew to include 3 children, Melinda, |
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John, and Martha, as well as 10 grandchildren and 10 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill devoted much time and energy to community |
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service, assuming leadership roles in such organizations as the |
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Blue Bird Circle and the Settlement Club; a valued member of |
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St. Luke's United Methodist Church, she hosted the first meetings |
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of the Young Life ministry in her home in the mid-1960s, and she |
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completed training as a Stephen Minister in her 80s; above all, she |
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treasured the volunteer work she did as a mentor to inmates through |
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the InnerChange Freedom Initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, Possessed of grace, compassion, and a wonderful |
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sense of humor, Elizabeth Hill remained engaged in the world |
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throughout her life and found great joy and inspiration in helping |
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others; 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 Elizabeth Graham |
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Hill and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her children, Melinda Hill Perrin and her husband, Mike, John |
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Graham Hill and his wife, Lindy, and Martha Hill Jamison and her |
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husband, Bruce; to her grandchildren, Elizabeth Perrin Eades and |
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her husband, Jonathan, Carter Perrin and his wife, Lizzy, Hunter |
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Perrin and his wife, Mary Bonner, John Hill and his wife, Maria, |
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Peter Hill and his wife, Kelly, Taylor Hill Bawcom and her husband, |
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Clint, Bo Hill, Matt Clark, Meredith Clark, and Sam Jamison; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Oliver, Lilla, George, Grace, Eliza, Jackson, |
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Cecilia, Peter Ryan, Emmy, and Bo; to her niece, Chris Burkett, and |
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her husband, Harold; and to her other relatives and friends; 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 Elizabeth |
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Graham Hill. |