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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dorothy L. Stoker-Starks of Dallas passed away on |
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February 15, 2019, drawing to a close a life that was made rich |
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through meaningful service to others; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Harleton, Mrs. Starks enjoyed a |
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rewarding and accomplished 48-year career with the Veterans |
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Administration North Texas Health Care System in Dallas before her |
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retirement in 2017; she worked as a certified surgical technologist |
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and was especially well regarded for her expertise at performing |
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specialized services for neuro and plastic surgeries; among other |
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honors, she was the recipient of the hospital's Daisy Ambassador |
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award for excellence in nursing in 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her profession, Mrs. Starks was a past |
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board member of the Texas State Assembly for Surgical |
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Technologists, and she played a key role in establishing the |
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Greater Dallas Chapter of the Association of Surgical |
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Technologists; in July 2014, she authored an article in the AST's |
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journal, The Surgical Technologist; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Starks gave generously of her time and talents |
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to a host of other organizations; she was a life member of the |
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National Council of Negro Women and a president of its T. Mathis |
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Hawkins Section, and she organized educational events while serving |
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as president of the Greater Dallas Area Sisterhood Branch of the |
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Missionary Baptist General Convention of Texas; she was also a |
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member of Top Ladies of Distinction, the Daughters of the Elks, and |
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myriad faith-based groups; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued congregant of the Alta Mesa Park Baptist |
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Church, Mrs. Starks supported the church's ministries to feed and |
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clothe the needy; she was also involved in the Nursing Guild and its |
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annual health fair, where she was instrumental in creating a blood |
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pressure information booth; moreover, she volunteered at the Martin |
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Luther King Center to help provide meals to homeless and other less |
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fortunate residents, visited nursing home residents, and held |
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fund-raisers for deserving area students; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Starks was devoted to her late husband, George |
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Starks, and found time to assist him with his business, Starks |
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Towing Service; she was the loving mother of three sons and a |
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daughter, and she cherished her grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Dorothy Stoker-Starks made a positive and lasting |
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difference in her community through her tireless endeavors in |
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behalf of veterans and other citizens in need, and though she will |
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be greatly missed, she leaves behind a legacy that will continue to |
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inspire all who were blessed to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dorothy |
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L. Stoker-Starks and extend deepest sympathy to her relatives and |
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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 Dorothy |
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L. Stoker-Starks. |