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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Oleta Horton Collier of Goldthwaite, who passed away on March 3, |
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2015, at the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 24, 1919, in the Caradan community |
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in Mills County, the former Oleta Horton was the daughter of John |
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Raymond and Bertie Huckabee Horton; a lifelong resident of Mills |
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County, she graduated from Goldthwaite High School and belonged to |
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the First United Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the death of her first husband, Lester |
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Kerby in 1943, she was fortunate enough to find love again with |
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Glynn Collier, with whom she exchanged wedding vows on October 16, |
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1954, at a ceremony in Goldthwaite; while devoting herself to her |
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home and family, she also worked for a time as a clerk at |
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Yarborough's; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Collier was active in the PTA, Band Boosters, |
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and many sports fund-raising events when her children, Tommy and |
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Glenda, were younger; later in life, she nurtured a passion for |
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travel and enjoyed participating in the Local Bank Travel Club, and |
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she met weekly with a group of her friends to play Skip-Bo, Canasta, |
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and 42; she delighted in preparing delicious meals and desserts for |
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her loved ones, and she was a "second mother" to many of the guests |
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she welcomed at her table; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Oleta Collier |
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will remember the way she touched their lives with her warmth and |
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kindness, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their |
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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 Oleta Horton |
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Collier and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, Glynn Collier; to her son, Tommy Ray Collier, and Rich |
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Hisey; to her daughter, Glenda Kay Lindsay; to her grandson, Marcus |
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Laramie Lindsay, and Mattie; to her granddaughter, Jessica Glynn |
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Lindsay; to her great-granddaughter, Landree Lindsay; to her niece, |
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Virginia Crawford, Doug, and their daughter; 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 Oleta |
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Horton Collier. |