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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Fidela "Lilly" Ramirez Jimenez of Corpus |
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Christi is marking this momentous occasion in her life on April 24, |
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2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in General Cepeda, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1919, |
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the former Fidela Perez Ramirez is the daughter of Felipe Lopez |
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Ramirez and Viviana Ortiz Perez; her family moved to DeWitt County |
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when she was an infant, and she became a naturalized citizen in |
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1963; and |
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WHEREAS, On April 10, 1947, she was joined in matrimony to |
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Alfonso Jimenez at a ceremony held in Cuero; they settled in Corpus |
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Christi and she devoted herself to her home and family, which grew |
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to include four children, Olga, Rita-Marie, Eva Maria, and Louis; |
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she and her husband have shared a rewarding marriage of 72 years, |
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and their relationship has been further enriched by the addition of |
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seven grandchildren, Jessica Therese, Arnold Christopher, Efrain, |
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Amanda Valerie, Jason Philip, Leslie Kristina, and Kimberly Alexis, |
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as well as 10 great-grandchildren, Hayden, Madison, Oliver, Julian, |
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Jonas, Silas, Mateo, Charlie, Eva Lilly, and Annalise; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jimenez has been an active member of her |
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community, volunteering as a band booster at Foy H. Moody High |
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School and contributing to her parish at Holy Family Catholic |
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Church, where she has served as a Eucharistic minister and worked |
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with the Guadalupanas; above all, she has cherished time spent with |
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her loved ones, who benefit from her example of faith and joyous |
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optimism, as well as her outstanding culinary skills; and |
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WHEREAS, A source of wisdom and inspiration, Lilly Jimenez |
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has gracefully reached the century mark and continues to enrich the |
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lives of all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Fidela "Lilly" Ramirez Jimenez on |
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the occasion of her 100th birthday and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Jimenez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |