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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Georgia London Keeter of Throckmorton on October 5, 2017, |
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at the age of 76; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of George and Elizabeth London, the |
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former Georgia London was born in Olney on July 30, 1941, and raised |
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in Throckmorton, where generations of her extended family had lived |
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and ranched; she loved to ride horses and work cattle, and her |
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father regarded her as his best cowhand; on August 19, 1961, she |
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married her high school sweetheart, Harrell Keeter, and after |
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settling in Wichita Falls, she finished her bachelor's degree at |
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Midwestern State University; the couple became the proud parents of |
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a son, George, and Mrs. Keeter was very involved as a room mother |
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and supporter of his band, choir, and other activities; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Keeter taught for three decades at Kate Burgess |
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and Ben Franklin Elementary Schools in the Wichita Falls |
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Independent School District; she was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, |
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and her skill and dedication to her calling earned her numerous |
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accolades, including the Region 9 Teacher of the Year Award and |
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multiple West Foundation Awards; in addition, she was very active |
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in her church and volunteered for the American Cancer Society Reach |
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To Recovery program; following the death of her father in 1998, she |
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and her husband moved back to Throckmorton to help run the family |
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ranch and assist her mother; they joined the First United Methodist |
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Church, where Mrs. Keeter served on the administrative council and |
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many committees; in later years, she became the proud grandmother |
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of Hanna and Scott, and she loved to attend all their events, even |
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traveling to England and Hawaii to cheer them on; she met health |
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challenges with grace and determination, continuing to offer |
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wholehearted support to all the members of her extended family; and |
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WHEREAS, Georgia Keeter enriched the lives of innumerable |
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people, and those fortunate enough to have known her will forever |
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remember her warmth, kindness, and devotion; 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 Georgia London |
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Keeter and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family; |
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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 Georgia |
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London Keeter. |