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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Cayla Symone Simple of |
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Fresno suffered an immeasurable loss with the tragic death of this |
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vibrant and beloved young woman on March 19, 2017, at the age of 19; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Cayla Simple was born on February 4, 1998, in Lake |
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Jackson to De'Andre Simple and Saphonya Revis; she grew up in West |
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Columbia and graduated in 2016 from Hightower High School, where |
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she became the first student in the Fort Bend Independent School |
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District to receive a full scholarship in athletic training; at the |
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time of her passing, she had served as an athletic trainer for four |
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years, and she was pursuing a degree in the field at Navarro College |
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in Corsicana; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to her faith from an early age, Ms. Simple |
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was a valued congregant of Open Door Community Church; she was |
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blessed with a bright smile and a kind and cheerful disposition that |
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won her many devoted friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Although no words can ease the heartache of losing |
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one so young and full of promise, those who were fortunate enough to |
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know Cayla Simple may find comfort in remembering the wonderful |
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times they shared with her and the radiant joy with which she lived |
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her life; 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 memory of Cayla Symone Simple |
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and extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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parents, De'Andre Simple and Saphonya Revis; to her sister, Londyn |
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Mallet; to her grandfathers, Charles Davis and Alphonse Revis Jr.; |
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to her grandmother, Donna Dues; to her great-grandmothers, Dorothy |
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Fisher and Espinola Grice; to her dear friends, De'Janey Strawn, |
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Phadhashaia Wallace, Jorahja Lewis, and Keilani McCann; and to her |
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other friends and relatives; 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 Cayla |
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Simple. |