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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when LaVeta Duncan Curry of Dallas died on July 10, 2014, at |
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the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, The former LaVeta Duncan was born in Glen Cove on |
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November 5, 1913, to Arthur and Mary Duncan and enjoyed the |
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companionship of two brothers and two sisters; she exchanged the |
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vows of matrimony with Odis Curry and with him became a loving |
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parent to three children, Sam, Tom, and Suzanne; through the years, |
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Mrs. Duncan knew the joy of welcoming three more generations into |
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her family; and |
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WHEREAS, This caring individual helped countless people in |
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her professional life as a nurse; she was also an artist; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family and her community, LaVeta |
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Curry is deeply missed, but the generosity, love, and compassion |
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with which she lived her life will forever inspire all those who had |
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the good fortune to know her; 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 LaVeta Duncan Curry |
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and extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Sam Curry and his wife, Joyce, and Tom Curry and his wife, |
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Susan; to her daughter, Suzanne Jones; to her sister, Freeda |
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Kilgore and her husband, Larry; to her sisters-in-law, Margie |
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Duncan and Lolette Curry Rowe; to her granddaughters, Melinda |
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White, Heather Jones and her husband, Bobby, Amber Morell and her |
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husband, Carey, and Christa Greunke and her husband, Garrett; to |
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her step-granddaughter, Keri Scholz; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Kaylee and Ashlyn White, Laurel and Ella Jones, Peyton, Drake, and |
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Ava Morell, and Brityn Greunke; to her step-great-grandchildren, |
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Emily Fallon and Michael and Grady Scholz; to her |
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great-great-granddaughter, Brylie Pedraza; and to her other |
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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 LaVeta |
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Duncan Curry. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1914 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 7, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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