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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 Mary Lou |
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Paddie Deville of Center, who passed away on May 17, 2017, at the |
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age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Lew and Rosa Line Ebarb, the former |
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Mary Lou Ebarb was born in Mansfield, Louisiana, on April 24, 1929, |
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and grew up with the companionship of a brother, T. J.; and |
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WHEREAS, This beloved woman shared a rewarding relationship |
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with her first husband, Eli Paddie, until his passing; fortunate |
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enough to find love again, she married Emar Deville, who also |
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preceded her in death; over the years, she was blessed with a fine |
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family that included two daughters, Betty and Bonny, and three |
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sons, Billy, Bobby, and Benny, as well as numerous grandchildren |
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and great-grandchildren; she was a valued member of the Center |
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community and a parishioner at St. Therese Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Lou Deville lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and she leaves behind a wealth of comforting memories to be |
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treasured by those who were privileged to share in her love and |
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affection; 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 Mary Lou Paddie |
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Deville and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her children, Betty Williams, Billy Paddie, Bobby Paddie, Benny |
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Paddie, and Bonny Paddie Reed; to her brother, T. J. Ebarb; to her |
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grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; and to |
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her other relatives and 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 Mary Lou |
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Paddie Deville. |