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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Nina Sinclair of Lubbock is marking that |
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significant milestone on May 24, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Roaring Springs in 1925 to John Duff and Myra |
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Kelly Green, the former Nina Lee Green grew up on the Greenland |
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Stock Farm and was baptized at Roaring Springs First Baptist Church |
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in 1936; after graduating from Roaring Springs High School in 1942, |
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she began her career as an artist at Koen's Studio in Lubbock, where |
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she initially hand-colored portraits and later worked as a |
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photographer and designer on the Texas Tech University yearbook; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, She was joined in matrimony to Louis Avery Sinclair |
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on January 18, 1946, and they made their home in Abernathy for 26 |
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years; in 1972, they moved to Lubbock, where Mrs. Sinclair has |
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resided ever since; over the course of more than six decades |
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together, the couple became the parents of three children, David, |
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Terri, and Jerry, and Mrs. Sinclair devoted herself to her roles as |
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wife, mother, and homemaker, supporting her husband in his career |
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and her children in their studies and their many extracurricular |
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activities; she eventually knew the joy of welcoming into her |
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family grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to whom she is |
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affectionately known as "Sugar"; and |
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WHEREAS, Cherished by a host of loved ones and sustained by |
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her strong faith, Nina Sinclair has gracefully reached the 90-year |
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mark and continues to enrich the lives of all who are fortunate |
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enough to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Nina Sinclair on the joyous |
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occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her heartfelt best |
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wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Sinclair as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Burrows |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3023 was adopted by the House on May |
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30, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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