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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed |
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cause for celebration, and Florence Roberta Key Fisher of Austin is |
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marking this significant milestone in her life on March 1, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of George and Mae Key, the former |
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Florence Key was born in Raymondville in 1927; she graduated from |
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Port Lavaca High School in 1945 and on October 6 of that year, she |
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married her high school sweetheart, Charles Edward Fisher; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Fisher worked at the Calhoun County Clerk's |
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Office for a time, and in 1968, she founded Shoreline Dredging and |
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Construction with her husband; she was employed as a bookkeeper at |
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Calhoun High School for 26 years before her retirement in 1989; the |
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Fishers sold their business in 1993; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Fisher has known the joy of |
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welcoming into her treasured family two sons, Jon Keith Fisher and |
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Eddie Ross Fisher, along with six grandchildren and seven |
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great-grandchildren; she and her husband shared a rewarding |
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marriage until his passing in February 2003; later that year, after |
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Hurricane Claudette hit Port Lavaca, she moved to Austin to be |
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closer to her sons and their children; and |
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WHEREAS, Florence Fisher has witnessed a panorama of change |
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over the course of nine decades, and she has met life's challenges |
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and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the deep |
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admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Florence Roberta Key Fisher on the |
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joyous occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes 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. Fisher as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |