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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the loss of |
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Freeda George Foreman of Houston, who passed away on March 9, 2019, |
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at the age of 42; and |
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WHEREAS, Freeda Foreman was born in Houston on October 16, |
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1976, the daughter of Mary Joan Martelly and boxing legend George |
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Foreman; she grew up in a family that included five brothers, George |
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Foreman Jr., George Foreman III, George Foreman IV, George Foreman |
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V, and George Foreman VI, and six sisters, Michi Foreman, Leola |
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Foreman, Natalia Foreman, Isabella Brenda Lilja Foreman, Courtney |
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Isaac Foreman, and Georgetta Foreman; she later shared her life |
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with her husband, her two children, and her three grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Determined to follow in her father's footsteps as a |
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boxer, Ms. Foreman made her professional debut on June 18, 2000, |
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winning that bout by a technical knockout; she fought five more |
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times over the next year and a half, triumphing in all but the final |
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match before retiring in November 2001; and |
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WHEREAS, Outside the ring, Ms. Foreman furthered the sport |
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through her work as a boxing promoter in her role as executive |
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director of her father's gym, the George Foreman Youth and |
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Community Center; in addition, she appeared in several documentary |
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films and lent her voice to an episode of the animated television |
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series King of the Hill; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Foreman held degrees from Lone Star Community |
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College and Texas Southern University, and she most recently earned |
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a master's degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, A dedicated athlete and a loving family member, |
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Freeda Foreman will be deeply missed, and those who held her dear |
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will forever remember the warmth and kindness she brought into |
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their lives; 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 Freeda George |
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Foreman and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her passing; |
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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 Freeda |
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George Foreman. |