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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Lena Mae McElroy of Corpus |
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Christi are mourning the loss of this beloved woman, who passed away |
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on April 11, 2015, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. McElroy was born in Corpus Christi on July 7, |
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1936, to Tommy Lee and Annie Brown; she attended Tuloso-Midway High |
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School and went on to find employment as a bus driver with the |
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Calallen Independent School District, where she continued to work |
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for the next four decades; she was a longtime resident of the |
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Calallen area of Corpus Christi and a valued congregant at |
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Annaville Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to her family, Mrs. McElroy shared a |
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rewarding marriage with Bennett Ray McElroy until his passing in |
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1986; she took great pride in her daughter, Linda, and her four |
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sons, Darryl, Kenneth, Allen, and Bennett, and she cherished the |
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time she spent with her 10 grandchildren and 11 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Lena McElroy led a caring and purposeful life, and |
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she will be forever remembered with deep affection by all those who |
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held her close to 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 Lena Mae McElroy and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter, Linda Ursrey, and her husband, Kurt; to her sons, Darryl |
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McElroy and his wife, Carol, Kenneth McElroy and his wife, Vicki, |
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Allen McElroy and his wife, Audrey, and Bennett Ray McElroy Jr. and |
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his wife, Betty; to her sister, Dorothy Foster; to her 10 |
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grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and to her other |
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relatives and many 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 Lena Mae |
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McElroy. |