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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Vanessa |
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Dale Clayton of DeSoto, who passed away on February 17, 2017, at the |
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age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Robert Wilkes and Jane Melinda |
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Oliver, Vanessa Clayton was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on June |
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26, 1954, and grew up with eight sisters and six brothers; she |
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graduated from Pottstown Senior High School in Pottstown, |
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Pennsylvania, in 1972 and three years later married her high school |
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sweetheart, Larry Clayton; over the course of more than four |
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decades together, the couple were blessed with a fine family that |
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grew to include four children, Dania Carter and her husband, |
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Jerome, Taj Clayton and his wife, Tonika, Bryheem Clayton and his |
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wife, Sree, and Larry Clayton Jr. and his wife, Salma, as well as 11 |
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grandchildren and 6 extended grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Clayton enjoyed a fulfilling career as a |
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caretaker; she worked as a nurse's aide at Pottstown Memorial |
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Medical Center and then operated a local home nursery before moving |
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with her family in 1993 to Millville, New Jersey, where she |
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supervised care for adults with disabilities at Easterseals; and |
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WHEREAS, After relocating to DeSoto in 1995, Mrs. Clayton |
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soon became a valued member of the community; a woman of strong |
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faith, she was an active congregant of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in |
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Dallas, where she generously volunteered her time with the nursery |
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ministry; and |
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WHEREAS, Vanessa Clayton led a rich and purposeful life |
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centered on her faith, her family, and her community, and those who |
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were privileged to know her will forever treasure their memories of |
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her thoughtfulness, warmth, and wonderful sense of humor; 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 hereby pay tribute to the life of Vanessa Dale Clayton |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to her family and many friends; and, |
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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 Vanessa |
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Clayton. |
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Johnson of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 815 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 23, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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