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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 126
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In Memory |
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Betty Jean Slentz West |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Betty |
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Jean Slentz West, who passed away on July 26, 2017, at the age of |
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91; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Three Sands, Oklahoma, on March 3, 1926, |
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the former Betty Jean Slentz was the daughter of Andrew and |
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Bessie Slentz and grew up with the companionship of a brother, |
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Leroy, and three sisters, Florence, Helen, and Nita; she was |
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joined in matrimony to Jack West in 1944, and the couple shared |
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nearly six decades of marriage before his passing; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. West was the proud mother of three children, |
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David West, Cecil West, and Nancy Graham; she later welcomed into |
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her family five grandchildren, Tracy, Kellie, Shane, Bryan, and |
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John, as well as eight great-grandchildren, Courtney, Levi, |
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Ashley, Wade, Mason, Hannah, Gavin, and Jack, and five |
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great-great-grandchildren, Bryleigh, Jace, Macy, Kolby, and |
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Hadlee; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1965, Mrs. West began her career at Henderson |
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Memorial Hospital, and after a notable tenure there that spanned |
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16 years, she became a first assistant county auditor for Rusk |
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County in 1981; she went on to serve as county treasurer from 1990 |
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to 1991; following her retirement, she joined her husband in |
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working as a gate attendant for the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers in several different states; in their leisure time, the |
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couple enjoyed traveling in their motor home with their dog, |
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Peanut; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her kindness, her devotion to her |
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family, and her dedication to her fellow citizens, Betty West |
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lived a caring and purposeful life, and she will forever be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who had the good fortune to |
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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 pay tribute to the memory |
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of Betty Jean Slentz West and extend heartfelt sympathy to her |
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relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Betty West. |
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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 August 10, 2017, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |