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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Cherished memories remain to comfort the loved ones |
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of Betty Ann Peden of Hondo, who passed away on April 26, 2016, at |
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the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of San Antonio, the former Ann Howard was |
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born on February 10, 1941, to David and Minnie Howard; continuing a |
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family tradition that reaches back four generations, she pursued a |
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career as a pharmacist, and after moving to Hondo, she purchased |
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Windrow Drug Store and operated it as Peden Rexall for some four |
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decades alongside her husband, Robert Peden; she also went on to |
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serve members of her profession as president of the Texas State |
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Board of Pharmacy; and |
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WHEREAS, Earlier in her life, Mrs. Peden worked as a |
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substitute teacher at the high school and middle school levels; she |
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had a lively interest in politics as well, having played an |
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instrumental role in the formation of the Medina County Republican |
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Party; she was a county chair for over 30 years and a longtime |
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member of the Texas Republican County Chairman's Association, and |
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she taught seminars all over the state on the responsibilities of a |
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county chair and various aspects of election law; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Peden was also a highly regarded member of her |
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community of faith at First Methodist Church, where she and her |
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husband sang in the choir, and she was a member and officer of |
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several organizations, among them the Hondo Garden Club and Sigma |
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Tau Sorority; above all else, she was a loving wife to her husband |
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of 54 years, a devoted mother to her sons, Scott and James, and a |
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doting grandmother of four grandchildren, Ashley, Robert, David, |
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and Ann; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her intelligence, her civic engagement, |
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and her kind and thoughtful nature, Ann Peden will be deeply missed, |
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and she will forever hold a special place in the hearts of those who |
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were fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Betty Ann Peden and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Bob Peden; to her sons, Scott Peden and his wife, Kari, and |
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James Peden and his wife, Kim; to her grandchildren, Ashley, |
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Robert, David, and Ann Peden; to her sister, Rebecca Harris, and her |
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husband, Frank; to her brother, David Lee Howard; and to her other |
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relatives and many friends; 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 Betty Ann |
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Peden. |