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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Mozelle Jordan Blair of Dallas on May 3, 2015, at the age |
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of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Mozelle Blair was born in Ennis on April 3, 1925, to |
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Felix and Etta Jordan; she attended Dallas Independent School |
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District schools during her childhood, and she was a popular |
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student at Booker T. Washington High; she married her high school |
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sweetheart, William Blair, and the couple were blessed with seven |
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children, William, Jordan, Debra, Michelle, Robert, Terri, and |
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Darryl, as well as 36 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Blair operated a successful catering company |
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with the help of her family for many years, earning loyal customers |
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across the Metroplex and passing on valuable lessons of |
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entrepreneurship to her children; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of deep faith, she was a longtime congregant |
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of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, and she proudly |
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served as "Mother of the Church" at Color Blind/Anointed Ministries |
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in Como; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Mozelle Blair brings great |
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sadness to her loved ones, she leaves behind a legacy that will long |
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be treasured by all those who held her dear; 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 Mozelle Blair and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Debra Abron and her husband, Vernon, Michelle Gilstrap |
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and her husband, Paul, Robert Blair, Terri Lynch, and Darryl Blair |
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and his wife, Lorie; to her daughters-in-law, Muriel Hatcher and |
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Brenda Blair; to her 36 grandchildren and her 42 |
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great-grandchildren; to her stepmother, Lillian Jordan; to her |
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stepsisters, Robbie Jordan and Stacy Brownfield; 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 Mozelle |
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Jordan Blair. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2855 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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