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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 231
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Florence Roberta Key Fisher on the grand occasion of |
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her 90th birthday; and |
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WHEREAS, Florence Key was born on March 1, 1927, in |
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Raymondville, Texas; she married her high school sweetheart, |
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Charles Edward Fisher, on October 6, 1945, only five months after |
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they graduated from Port Lavaca High School; they were blessed |
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with two children, six grandchildren, and seven |
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great-grandchildren, and they shared 57 years of marriage until |
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his death in 2003; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to the birth of her children, Florence worked |
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at the Calhoun County clerk's office, and she later served for 26 |
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years as the bookkeeper at Calhoun High School; she and her husband |
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cofounded Shoreline Dredging and Construction in 1968, and after |
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many successful years, they sold the company in 1993; and |
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WHEREAS, Florence moved to Austin to be close to her family |
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after Hurricane Claudette hit Port Lavaca in 2003; she is a |
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beloved matriarch within her family and a respected member of her |
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community, and her birthday is indeed cause for celebration among |
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her friends and those who are privileged to share in her life; |
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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 Florence Roberta Key Fisher as a |
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treasured citizen of Texas and congratulate her on her 90th |
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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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Campbell |
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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 21, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |