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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Christy Ann Jackson of Mexia passed away on November |
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1, 2018, at the age of 61, leaving her loved ones to treasure the |
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many happy memories they shared with her; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Fort Worth on April 20, 1957, to Louise and |
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David McClurkan, the former Christy McClurkan grew up with the |
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companionship of her twin sister, Cindy; a graduate of Mexia High |
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School and a proud Black Cat, she went on to earn an associate |
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degree in horticulture from Tarrant County Junior College before |
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taking her first job at Maden's Flowers; and |
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WHEREAS, On June 4, 1977, she exchanged wedding vows with the |
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love of her life, Ivan Jackson Jr.; the couple went into business |
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managing auto stores with her parents-in-law and later opened |
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Jackson's True Value, a hardware store that grew to be one of the |
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town's most popular retailers; along the way, her naturally |
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outgoing disposition and desire to help people led to her |
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involvement in numerous civic associations; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Jackson was the devoted mother of a son, Lance, |
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and she deeply cherished her daughter-in-law, Stephanie, and her |
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grandson, Fletch; she and her husband enjoyed staying at their |
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lodge in Tin Cup, Colorado, with their co-owner, Scott Mack, and |
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they welcomed a number of friends and relatives as their guests |
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there; passionate about gardening, she helped beautify the "Jackson |
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Row" area in Forest Glade with plants and flowers, and she was also |
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fond of fishing and watching sunsets and sunrises; among the many |
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things that endeared her to everyone around her were her radiant |
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smile and her hugs; and |
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WHEREAS, Christy Jackson embraced life to the fullest, and |
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those who were privileged to know her will forever remember her |
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joyous spirit and her tremendous warmth, grace, and kindness; now, |
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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 life of Christy Ann Jackson |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Ivan Jackson Jr.; to her son, Lance Jackson, and his wife, |
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Stephanie; to her grandson, Elliott Fletcher Jackson; to her |
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mother, Louise McClurkan McMains; to her sister, Cindy Williford, |
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and her husband, Glenn; to her stepbrothers, Jimmy McMains and Mike |
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McMains; and to her other relatives and 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 Christy Ann |
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Jackson. |