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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 404
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In Memory |
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Margaret Merle Roberts |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Houston in mourning the loss of Margaret Merle |
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Roberts, who died January 4, 2017, at the age of 46; and |
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WHEREAS, Margaret Roberts was born on March 21, 1970, and |
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she grew up in the Riverwood Estates community in Houston; she |
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graduated from M. B. Smiley High School in 1988, and she |
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furthered her studies at Texas Southern University and later at |
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the University of Houston in Clear Lake; and |
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WHEREAS, Margaret joined the Houston Fire Department in |
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April of 1994, and over the years, she was assigned to fire |
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stations throughout the Houston area; in 2002, she attended |
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Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting training, and she was |
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transferred to help open a new fire station at George Bush |
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Intercontinental Airport the following year; she retired from |
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the department on December 13, 2016, after 22 years of |
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distinguished service; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her career as a firefighter, |
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Margaret succeeded in several entrepreneurial endeavors with her |
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husband, Daniel Jerome Roberts II; she was a loving mother and |
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grandmother who guided her family by spiritual example, and she |
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was an active member of Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Margaret Merle Roberts was a devoted public |
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servant,andsheinspiredthosearoundherwithherkindness,her |
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wisdom, and her steadfast bravery in working to protect her |
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fellow citizens; she is being posthumously honored on |
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Firefighters and Paramedics Day at the State Capitol on March 21, |
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2017; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family and friends of Margaret Merle Roberts; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Margaret Merle Roberts. |
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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 March 13, 2017, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |