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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 44
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Johnie Mae Gillespie Anderson on the joyous occasion of |
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her 100th birthday on January 29, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Johnie Mae Gillespie was born on January 29, 1917, |
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in Silver Hills, Texas; she attended school in the Brazos County |
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School District until she joined the workforce to help support |
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her family; in the course of her long life, she worked in the |
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cotton fields and at a cannery, a winery, and a café, and she |
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served as a hospital laundress and as a domestic worker; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Anderson has been guided in all things by her |
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Christian faith; she was a devoted member of Morning Star |
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Missionary Baptist Church for 52 years, and she dedicated her |
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time to serving as a Baptist Training Union teacher, a Sunday |
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school teacher, a food bank volunteer, and a member of the Senior |
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Mission and the Mission Chorus; and |
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WHEREAS, Johnie Mae has lived a fruitful life and is proud |
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to have been among the first mothers to walk in the March of Dimes |
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campaign and to have voted for the nation's first black |
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president; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Anderson is a beloved matriarch who has been |
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blessed with six children, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, |
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23 great-great-grandchildren, and a great-great-great-grandchild; |
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in celebration of her birthday, family and loved ones are |
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gathering at the Brazos Valley African American Museum in Bryan, |
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where she will be honored as an original resident of Brazos |
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County; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby recognize Johnie Mae Gillespie Anderson as a |
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treasured citizen of Texas and congratulate her on her 100th |
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birthday; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as a memento of this special day. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |