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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may bring comfort to |
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the family and friends of Jimmie Lou Robinson of Mineola, who passed |
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away on August 17, 2014, at the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Ernest and Kalita Webster, the |
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former Jimmie Lou Webster was born in Collin County on August 29, |
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1918; she exchanged vows with Tom Robinson on June 10, 1940, in |
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Denton, and the couple shared in the joy of becoming parents to two |
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daughters, Bonita and Sally; with the passing years, their family |
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grew to include four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Robinson graduated from the Wilson and Jones |
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nursing school in Sherman and moved to College Station in 1958; |
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"Nurse Jimmie," as she was affectionately called by patients, |
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worked in the office of Dr. O. C. Cooper for nearly a |
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quarter-century, and she was named Nurse of the Year in the |
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Bryan-College Station area in 1974; and |
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WHEREAS, This beloved woman subsequently moved to East Texas |
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to be near her daughter and her family; she delighted in |
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entertaining her grandchildren and made many new friends; she also |
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enjoyed playing 42 and watching Aggie sports; and |
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WHEREAS, Jimmie Lou Robinson lived a caring and purposeful |
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life, and she will forever be remembered with deep affection by all |
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who held her close in their hearts; 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 life of Jimmie Lou Robinson |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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daughters, Bonita Howell and her husband, Gayland, and Sally Horn |
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and her husband, Vic; to her grandchildren and their spouses, Jeff |
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and Kim Howell, John and Stacy Horn, Michele and Chris Slauer, and |
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Sheri Miller; to her great-grandchildren, Bret, Brady, and Brenna |
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Howell, Jake, Josh, and Zack Slauer, and Kyle and Brock Miller; and |
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to her other relatives and friends; and, be 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 Jimmie Lou |
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Robinson. |