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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 114
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In Memory |
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of |
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Marion Violet Laffoon |
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WHEREAS, Marion Violet Laffoon of Chandler passed away on |
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June 19, 2016, at the age of 74, leaving her circle of family and |
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friends to cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her |
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company; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Edgar and Ola Wills, the former |
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Marion Wills was born in Ashdown, Arkansas, on August 31, 1941, |
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and grew up with the companionship of five sisters; she was |
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joined in marriage to John Laffoon on January 7, 1973, and the |
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couple enjoyed more than four decades together; they were |
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blessed with a treasured family that included two daughters, |
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Donna and Diana, as well as four granddaughters and eight |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to her Christian faith, Mrs. |
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Laffoon was a valued congregant of Faith Baptist Church; in her |
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leisure time, she delighted in fishing, and she collected angel |
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and frog figurines, which she displayed in her home; and |
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WHEREAS, Marion Laffoon lived a rich and purposeful life |
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centered around her faith and her family, and she will long be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who had the good fortune to |
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know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Marion Violet |
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Laffoon and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, John Laffoon; to her daughters, Donna |
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Mansfield and her husband, Steve, and Diana Turner and her |
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husband, Roland; to her sisters, Kathryn Phelps, Edna Reyenga, |
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Patsy Grooms, and Gladys Brown; to her granddaughters, Denise |
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Harned, April Read, Arion Crater, and Katie Turner; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Corey Bonner, Ian, Guyson, and Branson |
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Harned, Jathan Pridgen, and Natalee, Addison, and Mackenzie |
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Crater; to her nieces and nephews; and to her other relatives and |
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many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Marion Laffoon. |
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Hughes |
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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 February 6, 2017, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |