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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 200
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Gloria Bonita Guinn Jennings, who is retiring from the |
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Cherokeean Herald after a distinguished journalism career that |
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has spanned 54 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jennings is a native of Rusk and a 1953 |
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graduate of Rusk High School; after beginning her career at the |
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Rusk Cherokeean during the 1960s, she worked for the Jacksonville |
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Daily Progress for more than a decade; she returned to her |
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hometown in 1982 to work for the Cherokeean Herald, formerly the |
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Rusk Cherokeean; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her work as a journalist, |
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Mrs. Jennings has served in the United Methodist Church as a |
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pastor at churches throughout East Texas; she has also been active |
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in her community as a member of the Daughters of the Republic of |
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Texas, and she served for 14 years on the Rusk City Council; and |
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WHEREAS, She has had an exemplary career in the newspaper |
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business and is respected and admired by her colleagues and |
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readers, and her presence at the Cherokeean Herald will be |
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greatly missed; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Gloria Bonita Guinn Jennings on her |
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commitment to high-quality journalism and extend to her best wishes |
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for continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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Nichols |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 18, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |