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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 Ruth Fort Baker of Houston passed away on January 4, |
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2015, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Hutcherson, Ruth |
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Hutcherson was born November 12, 1929; after earning her education |
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degree from Baylor University in 1950, she taught kindergarteners |
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at Second Baptist and River Oaks Baptist Schools in Houston, and she |
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subsequently served on the faculty at schools in Garland, Waco, and |
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Orange County, California; she later worked as an executive |
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assistant at The University of Texas at Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to those professional endeavors, |
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Mrs. Baker played an active role in the life of her church; while a |
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congregant and member of the staff at First Baptist Church of |
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Dallas, she organized the women's ministry and served as a Chapel |
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Choir sponsor; she later affiliated with Plymouth Park Baptist |
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Church in Irving, where she again established a women's ministry |
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and where she directed the young married division; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Baker was joined in matrimony to David L. Fort |
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in 1950, and they became the parents of two children, Kristen and |
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David; Mr. Fort passed away in 1975, and in 1984, Ruth Hutcherson |
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Fort married the Reverend Bo Baker; during a marriage that spanned |
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26 years, she assisted her husband in his pastorate at Plymouth Park |
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Baptist and later served with him as a missionary in Germany and |
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Argentina; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to her family and to her faith, |
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Ruth Fort Baker led a life that was rich in purpose, and those who |
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were blessed to share in her love and affection will forever hold |
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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 Ruth Fort Baker and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter, Kristen Ruth Moore, and her husband, Gary; to her son, |
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David Stephen Fort, and his wife, Jamie; to her grandchildren, |
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Joshua Moore, Ashlea Moore Taylor, Zachary, Conner, Jessica, and |
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Lynnson Fort, Jake Abel, and Jonathon and Stephen Baker; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Baxter and Simon Moore and Lillian and Pearl |
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Taylor; and 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 Ruth Fort |
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Baker. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2307 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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