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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of retired Bexar County deputy sheriff Ernestine A. |
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Ibarra, who died on May 20, 2015, at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, Tina Ibarra was born on January 27, 1951, to Ernest |
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Garza Sr. and Annie Mae Mora, and she received her education at |
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St. James Catholic School and St. Francis Academy in San Antonio; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In 1980, Ms. Ibarra found herself divorced with two |
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small children to support, and even though she didn't know how to |
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drive, she bought a car and left it on the lot for a week until she |
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could learn; the following year, she began her exemplary 23-year |
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career in law enforcement when she became a deputy with the Bexar |
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County Sheriff's Office; she was certified as a county jailer in |
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1982 and as a basic peace officer in 1983; and |
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WHEREAS, Two years later, Ms. Ibarra was selected over two |
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male candidates to become the first female bailiff in Bexar County |
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history, and she served in that position until her retirement in |
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2004; and |
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WHEREAS, A role model to many, Tina Ibarra lived a rich and |
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purposeful life, and she leaves behind a record of service that her |
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loved ones can remember with pride; 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 Ernestine A. Ibarra |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sister, Sally Garza-Ruiz; to her daughter, Rose Angela Ibarra, and |
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her fiancé, Abel Salinas; to her son, Armando Ibarra, and his wife, |
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Dr. Jessica Ibarra; to her grandchildren, Ryan, Brianna, and |
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Christian Ibarra and Israel and Iliaj Martinez; 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 Ernestine |
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Ibarra. |