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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of McGregor are mourning the untimely loss |
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of a respected and beloved neighbor with the passing of longtime |
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schoolteacher Jerry Lynch on April 19, 2019, at the age of 55; and |
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WHEREAS, Jerry Lynch was born in Waco on July 28, 1963; after |
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graduating from Crawford High School, she continued her studies at |
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Oklahoma Panhandle State University, earning her bachelor's degree |
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in 1987, and she subsequently began her teaching career in the |
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Lorena Independent School District; she taught and coached in |
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Lorena until relocating in 1991 to McGregor ISD, where she spent the |
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majority of her more than 30 years as an educator; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to teaching, Ms. Lynch coached girls' |
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basketball and served as director of the Peer Assistance and |
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Leadership program during her years at McGregor ISD; she also |
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worked as a driver education instructor, and she was actively |
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involved in the Heart O' Texas Fair and Rodeo; and |
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WHEREAS, A pillar of her community, Jerry Lynch touched |
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countless lives and won the affection and admiration of all who knew |
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her, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their hearts; |
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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 Jerry Lynch and |
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extend deepest condolences to her loved ones and friends; and, be it |
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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 Jerry |
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Lynch. |