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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life came to a close with the |
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passing of Dorothy Mary Jones Adams of Houston on December 2, 2014, |
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at the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on August 14, 1914, the former |
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Dorothy Jones was the daughter of Albert and Ollie Jones; she |
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graduated from Jeff Davis High School and soon put her typing and |
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shorthand skills to use as a legal secretary for a downtown law |
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firm; and |
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WHEREAS, Introduced to her future husband by a lifelong |
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friend, she married Maurice Adams in Patmos, Georgia, on July 1, |
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1941; the couple were blessed with three children, Donald, Norman, |
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and Shirley, and the family later grew to include six grandchildren |
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and nine great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, When Mr. Adams was drafted during World War II, |
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Mrs. Adams followed him to the Army Air Force Base in Bainbridge, |
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Georgia, where she found employment as a secretary; after the war, |
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Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved with their children to Houston, and in |
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1947, they opened Adams Insurance Service; Mrs. Adams worked at the |
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agency for more than half a century, continuing after the death of |
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her husband in 1975; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of abiding faith, Mrs. Adams was a longtime |
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member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Houston; there, she taught |
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Sunday school for more than six decades and raised money at the |
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annual bazaar with her popular hand-sewn doll clothes; she was also |
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a talented poet and artist; and |
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WHEREAS, This capable and caring woman enriched the lives of |
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many during her journey on this earth, and those who shared in the |
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warmth of her love and affection will forever hold her close in |
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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 memory of Dorothy Mary Jones |
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Adams and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her sons, Donald Dean Adams and his wife, Francis, and Norman Earl |
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Adams and his wife, Debbie; to her daughter, Shirley Anne Adams |
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Roddenberry, and her husband, Bo; to her grandchildren, Michael |
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Adams and his wife, Susan, Mark Adams and his wife, Missy, Andy |
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Adams and his wife, Amy, Tracy Dacus and her husband, Mark, |
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Stephanie Moore and her husband, Michael, and Jennifer Kegans; to |
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her great-grandchildren, Ashley, Austin, Melissa, Isabella, |
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Benjamin, Samuel, and Livia Adams, and Greg and Jillian Moore; and |
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to her other 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 Dorothy |
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Adams. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2306 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 21, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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