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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 66
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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed |
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cause for celebration, and Billie Gertrude Hooks Manck marked |
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this momentous milestone in her life on June 3, 2017, in the |
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company of family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Battiest, Oklahoma, in 1917, the former |
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Billie Hooks was the only child of Bessie and Q. P. Hooks; her |
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mother died when she was just two years old, and following her |
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father's remarriage, she grew up with four brothers, Donald, |
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Bobbie, Charles, and Corky; and |
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WHEREAS, She graduated from Gaston High School, where she |
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met her future husband, Lloyd T. Manck; they married in November |
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1934, and they eventually became the proud parents of six |
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children, Shirley Ruth, Marilynn, Doris, Donnie, Nina, and Lynn; |
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early in their life together, they moved to Illinois and Ohio, |
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but they returned to East Texas in 1942; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. Manck founded a machine |
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shop that grew into a firm specializing in road-boring, and |
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Mrs. Manck frequently accompanied him on business trips across |
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the United States and Canada; in 1954, they relocated the company |
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to 64 acres in Henderson, where they also raised prize-winning |
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Herefords and Brittany spaniels; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Manck and her husband shared a fulfilling |
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relationship of nearly 53 years until his passing; she continued to |
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run the machine shop with her son, Lynn, before selling it in 2004; |
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recently, she moved from her home of more than six decades to live |
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with her youngest daughter, Nina; she is the beloved matriarch of a |
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fine family that has grown to include 21 grandchildren, 32 |
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great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Billie Manck has witnessed a panorama of change |
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over the course of a century, and she has met life's challenges and |
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opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the deep admiration |
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of all who are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Billie |
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Gertrude Hooks Manck on her 100th birthday and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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Mrs. Manck as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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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 July 25, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |