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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Stiles family has been an integral part of the |
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ranching community in the Texas Panhandle for more than a century; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The family traces its roots in the livestock |
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business to July 1901, when William Gordon Stiles bought land near |
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Wheeler from Judge F. M. Patton; the Stiles Ranch was initially a |
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cow-calf operation that raised Shorthorn and Hereford cattle, but |
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in 1910, Mr. Stiles acquired the first of the Aberdeen Angus breed |
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that became the ranch's signature; and |
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WHEREAS, William Gordon Stiles II and his wife, Ora Belinda, |
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subsequently took over the ranch; the couple's children, Sandra, |
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Sharon, Bill, and Bob, were introduced to the family business at a |
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young age, and in time, members of this generation began overseeing |
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the property; and |
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WHEREAS, Remaining true to her heritage, Sandra Stiles |
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Christner ran a farm in Hemphill County with her husband, Tom, and |
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the pair later purchased a ranch in Oklahoma; they moved to Wheeler |
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in 1973, and seven years later, they bought a ranch near Mobeetie; |
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Mrs. Christner continued to run that property after her husband's |
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death in 1986, and she played an active role in ranch operations |
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over the years through her skills as a horsewoman, often riding her |
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beloved mustang, Aggie, to help round up cattle; the devoted mother |
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of four children, Cynthia, Tom, Elise, and Vaughan, she has been a |
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member of First United Methodist Church and the Top-O-Texas |
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Cowbells, and she has also distinguished herself as an accomplished |
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Western artist; and |
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WHEREAS, The role of the family ranch in Texas history is both |
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important and long-standing, and the members of the Stiles family |
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are indeed deserving of recognition for helping to carry forward |
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the legacy that was begun and nurtured by their ancestors in decades |
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past; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Stiles family for its enduring |
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involvement in Texas ranching and extend to Sandra Stiles Christner |
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and the other members of the family sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the family as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Springer |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 897 was adopted by the House on March |
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23, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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