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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 743
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In Memory |
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of |
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Fredna Wood |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the citizens |
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of Cotulla in mourning the loss of Fredna Wood, who died May 3, |
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2015, at the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, Fredna Knaggs was born in Cotulla on December 19, |
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1919; as a young girl she rode her horse to Sunday School and |
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hitched him to a tree outside her church; she continued to enjoy |
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riding most of her life; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Richard L. Dobie Jr. in 1942, and they |
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moved one house down from her childhood home; they were blessed |
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with two children, and after Mr. Dobie's passing in 1960, she |
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earned a master's degree in counseling from Trinity University; |
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she became a proud stepmother when she married J. Prince Wood in |
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1973; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Wood had a rewarding career as the first |
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counselor to be hired by the Cotulla Independent School District; |
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she retired after many years to embrace full-time ranching life |
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with Mr. Wood; and |
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WHEREAS, She took pride in owning her La Salle County ranch, |
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and she was a highly respected member of her community; she |
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devoted her time to the Brush County Museum, the La Salle Historical |
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Association, and the Cotulla Women's Club, and she was a |
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deaconess in the Cotulla Presbyterian Church for many years; and |
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WHEREAS, Fredna Wood lived a long and fulfilling life; she |
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was a gifted cattlewoman and historian and was a much-loved |
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grandmother and great-grandmother; she will long be remembered |
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with deep affection by all who were privileged to share in her |
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life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Fredna Wood; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Fredna Wood. |
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Zaffirini |
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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 May 7, 2015, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |