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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Marie Borland Rinewalt of Dawson County celebrated |
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her 90th birthday on March 21, 2015, and a host of her friends and |
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admirers gathered to extend to her their congratulations and best |
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wishes; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 21, 1925, the former Marie Borland |
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grew up on a cotton farm in Tom Green County; in 1938, her father |
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could no longer afford to pay farmhands to help with the harvest, |
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and the Borland family moved to Dawson County, where they settled on |
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land west of Lamesa; from an early age, Mrs. Rinewalt helped out in |
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the house and on the farm as they raised cows, chickens, and hogs; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In her junior year of high school, she accepted an |
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invitation from her future husband, William Rinewalt, to a |
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Halloween church party; in December 1942, Mr. Rinewalt was drafted, |
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and he served his country in the Pacific theater during World War |
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II, earning a Bronze Star; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple married on April 2, 1946, in the Church of |
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Christ parsonage, with Mrs. Rinewalt's sister, Betty, as a witness; |
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they went on to share a richly rewarding union, farming and raising |
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cattle together for 62 years, until Mr. Rinewalt's passing in 2008; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In her leisure time, Mrs. Rinewalt has enjoyed |
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tending her garden, crocheting, and sewing; she remains active, |
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riding her stationary bicycle for five miles each morning, and |
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attends services and community events at the Lamesa Church of |
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Christ; and |
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WHEREAS, Marie Rinewalt has witnessed a panorama of change |
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over the course of nine decades, and she has met life's challenges |
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and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the deep |
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admiration of all who are privileged to know her; 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 congratulate Marie Borland Rinewalt on her 90th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Rinewalt as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |