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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Bess |
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Wynell Barton, who passed away on May 27, 2015, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Louie Ewing and Joe Henry Buice on February |
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22, 1925, in Waco, the former "Nell" Buice grew up in nearby |
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Speegleville and graduated from Waco High School; she continued her |
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education at Southwestern University, where she was an all-star |
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basketball player, and at Baylor University, and she went on to work |
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as a school secretary; respected by her colleagues, she served as |
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board president for the Waco Education Secretary Association; and |
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WHEREAS, On December 21, 1947, she exchanged the vows of |
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matrimony with Larry Linus Barton, with whom she shared a rewarding |
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marriage that spanned nearly five decades before Mr. Barton's |
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passing; a devoted mother to her four children, Joe, Louie, |
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Elizabeth, and Jon, Mrs. Barton gave generously of her time and |
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energy to the PTA and Cub Scouts, and she was delighted to welcome |
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numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren into the family; |
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sustained by a deep and abiding faith, she participated in Sunday |
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school and in the women's group at St. John United Methodist Church |
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in Waco; and |
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WHEREAS, Known to her loved ones as "Queen Bee," Nell Barton |
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was admired for her fierce loyalty, her independent spirit, and her |
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delightful sense of humor, and all those who were fortunate enough |
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to share in her warmth and affection will forever hold her close in |
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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 Bess Wynell Barton and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Joe Linus Barton, Louie J. Barton and his wife, Judy, and |
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Elizabeth Jan Barton Gerro and her husband, Mike; to her |
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daughter-in-law, Jennifer Barton Wynne, |
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and her husband, J. D.; to |
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her 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; to her cousin, |
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Bobby Plemons; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Nell |
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Barton. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3523 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 1, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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