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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Imogene Bethel of Lamesa passed away on July 13, |
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2017, at the age of 99, drawing to a close a long life filled with |
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family, friends, and a wealth of warm memories; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Center Point, Arkansas, the former |
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Imogene Bedwell was born on April 26, 1918, to Levi and Norma |
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Bedwell and grew up with the companionship of a brother and three |
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sisters; after moving with her family to Quitaque, she met and fell |
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in love with Hal Reid Bethel, a regular customer at her father's |
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café; they were married in 1939 and became the devoted parents of a |
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son, Donald; and |
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WHEREAS, Following a stint as a chief operator for a local |
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phone company in Quitaque, Mrs. Bethel joined her husband in |
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purchasing the Reid Bethel Tire Store in Lamesa in 1945; the Bethels |
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built their home on 15th Street in 1955, and through the years, |
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Mrs. Bethel delighted in hosting numerous guests, with whom she |
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shared countless wonderful meals and rousing games of dominos and |
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Skip-Bo; some of her favorite memories involved spending summers |
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with her family at Lake Stamford, taking RV tours around Texas with |
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her husband, and visiting Disneyland with her loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, Strong in her faith, Mrs. Bethel was a valued |
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congregant of the First United Methodist Church, where she took |
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part in the Cal Wright Sunday school class, and she was also a |
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member of the Green Thumb Garden Club; moreover, she was an avid |
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reader and a dedicated fan of the Dallas Cowboys; and |
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WHEREAS, Imogene Bethel lived a rich and purposeful life |
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centered around her faith and her family, and she will long be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who knew her; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Imogene Bethel and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her son, Don Bethel, and his wife, Lynda; to her |
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grandchildren, Danner Bethel and his wife, Tracy, Denise Molina and |
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her husband, Gustavo, and David Bethel and his wife, Jana; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Jake and Molly Bethel and Sofia and Stella |
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Molina; and to her other relatives and her many friends and |
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neighbors; 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 Imogene |
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Bethel. |