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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Dorothy Jane Neal of Angleton on January 23, 2019, at the |
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age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Sam and Lillian Harrell, the former |
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Dorothy Jane Harrell was born in Milam County on November 25, 1923, |
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and grew up in rural Jones Prairie; she graduated from The |
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University of Texas at Austin and briefly taught special education |
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in Abilene schools; in 1948, she married her college sweetheart, |
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Clyde W. Neal, and they shared a fulfilling relationship that |
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spanned more than five and a half decades until Mr. Neal's death in |
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2006; the couple became the proud parents of three sons, Clyde, |
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David, and Mark, and with the passing years, they welcomed into |
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their cherished family four grandchildren, Angela, Emilie, Hannah, |
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and Peter; and |
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WHEREAS, The Neals settled in Angleton in 1952, and Mrs. Neal |
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devoted herself to her family and her community; soon after joining |
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First Baptist Church, she and her husband began leading a Sunday |
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school class for others their age, and the members stayed on through |
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the years, calling their group Forever Young; she was a founding |
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member of the Angleton Study Forum, a women's organization that |
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continues to thrive today, and she helped launch the auxiliary at |
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Angleton Danbury General Hospital and remained an active volunteer |
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well into her nineties; she was also an engaged member of the |
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Angleton Embroidery Club, the Cradle of Texas Chapter of the |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Asa Underwood Chapter of |
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the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; |
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for more than a half century, she supported her husband's work in |
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behalf of the Rotary Club of Angleton, and she was recognized for |
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her contributions as a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International; |
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in her leisure time, she was an avid bridge player, and she enjoyed |
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hosting her competitive bridge clubs; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Dorothy Jane Neal brings great |
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sadness to her family and friends, she leaves behind a legacy that |
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will long be treasured by all those who held her dear; 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 Dorothy Jane Neal and |
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extend sincere condolences to her loved ones; 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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Jane Neal. |