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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life lived with joy and purpose drew to a close on |
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December 18, 2018, with the passing of Elizabeth May Warren of |
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Austin at the age of 102; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Albert and Ethel Avery, the former |
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Betsy Avery was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 27, 1916, |
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and grew up with three siblings, Margery, Marian, and Albert; after |
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completing her degree in art education at Miami University in Ohio, |
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she attended the Art Institute of Chicago; she married William S. |
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"Bill" Warren III in 1942, while he was stationed in Boston with the |
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U.S. Navy, and after World War II, they lived in Columbia, Missouri, |
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and Childress before settling in Austin in 1950; and |
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WHEREAS, The Warrens were blessed with three sons, Bill, |
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Steve, and Mark, and a daughter, Missy; while raising them, |
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Mrs. Warren also gave piano lessons to local youngsters, and she |
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wrote and illustrated children's books for Steck Publishing |
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Company; she developed a deep love of Texas history, and she |
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published note cards with her sketches of historic buildings, as |
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well as dozens of books on the state's heritage that are still sold |
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today at various cultural sites; in addition, she made a quilt |
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depicting important Texas historical eras and used it to illustrate |
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the many presentations she gave at schools; the Briscoe Center for |
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American History now holds the quilt in its permanent collection; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In 1971, Mrs. Warren received the Texas Institute of |
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Letters Award for Best Children's Book for Indians Who Lived in |
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Texas; she went on to launch her own company, RanchGate, to |
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distribute her books; after her husband's death in 1992, |
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Mrs. Warren continued to write about Texas history, and she was a |
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featured author at the inaugural Texas Book Festival; moreover, she |
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volunteered at the Lifetime Learning Institute at the Bullock Texas |
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State History Museum; she remained a popular piano teacher, and for |
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more than three decades she was the organist for her church, |
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Westminster Presbyterian; through the years, she welcomed into her |
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cherished family 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, A gentle, gracious woman of many talents, Betsy |
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Warren enriched the lives of innumerable people, and those who held |
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her dear will forever remember the warmth and kindness she brought |
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into 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 Elizabeth May |
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Warren and extend sincere condolences 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 Betsy |
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Warren. |