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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Ethel Mae Chandler of Houston is |
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reaching that impressive milestone on August 5, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Ethel Mae Chandler was born in Taylor, Louisiana, in |
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1917, the oldest of the three children of Nora Davis and Jack |
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Taylor; she is the proud mother of eight children, and she has also |
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taken great joy in welcoming into her family five grandchildren and |
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a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Chandler worked for many years in the cafeteria |
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of a Veterans Administration hospital, where she became the first |
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African American to operate the electric cash register; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, Mrs. Chandler has been an active |
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congregant of Greater Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, and she |
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has sung in the choir, helped with the cooking for church events, |
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worked with young people, and participated in missionary efforts; |
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in addition, she is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the |
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Court of Calanthians; and |
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WHEREAS, Ethel Mae Chandler has witnessed a panorama of |
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change over the course of a century, and she has met life's |
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challenges and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the |
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deep admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now, |
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therefore, 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 congratulate Ethel Mae |
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Chandler on her 100th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Chandler as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |