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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 406
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In Memory |
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of |
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Evelyn Marie Conner Hicks |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Evelyn Marie Conner Hicks, who died |
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March 7, 2019, at the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Hicks was born May 14, 1951, in Dallas, to |
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Joe Allen Conner and Bertha Mae Bennett; she grew up along with |
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her brother, James, in the Frazier Courts community in East |
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Dallas, and she graduated from Lincoln High School in 1969; and |
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WHEREAS, She attended the University of Houston, and she |
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began a postgraduate program in education at Texas Southern |
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University before earning a law degree at the university's |
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Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1980; and |
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WHEREAS, She and her beloved husband, Donald W. Hicks Sr., |
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met at freshman orientation in college, and the couple was |
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blessed with two children, Donald and Shana; her three |
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grandchildren and her nephew and nieces were a source of much |
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pride and joy for her; and |
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WHEREAS, She enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the |
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practice of law; she served as a federal civil rights attorney |
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with the United States Department of Education and worked for |
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several prominent Dallas law firms; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in Dallas County politics, she managed |
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numerous campaigns and held leadership positions in a range of |
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organizations, including Dallas Area Rapid Transit, the Southern |
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Dallas Development Corporation, and the City of Dallas Judicial |
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Nominating Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a Silver Star member of Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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Sorority, Incorporated, and served as a mentor to countless young |
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sorority members; she was also a longtime member of Mount Sinai |
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Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she |
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leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by her |
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family and countless friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Evelyn Marie Conner Hicks; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Evelyn Marie Conner Hicks. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 14, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |