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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 519
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In Memory |
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of |
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Jewell Joyce Mullis Oney |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Jewell Joyce Mullis Oney of Harleton on March 7, 2019, |
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at the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Carl and Jewell Mullis, the former |
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Joyce Mullis was born at home in the Bear Bottom community near |
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Harleton on May 17, 1918; she attended school in Harleton, and |
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after graduating from the College of Marshall with a teaching |
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certificate, she taught first grade in her hometown; she went on |
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to complete her A.B.A. degree at North Texas State Teachers |
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College, and in 1959, she received her master's degree in |
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education from Stephen F. Austin State University; "Miss Joyce" |
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taught for 38 years until her retirement in 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, Mrs. Oney was the proud |
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mother of Sue and Ronnie Jones, Jimmy Carl and Jackie Oney, and |
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Joy Oney; through the years, she was blessed with five |
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grandchildren, Kevin and Traci Jones, Debra Spatz, and Holly and |
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Steve Laurel, as well as six great-grandchildren, Kristen and |
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Mark Clifton, Adam and Abby Jones, Kenady Spatz, and Emilie |
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Dondero, and five great-great-grandchildren, Reid, Owen, Halle |
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Kate, and Karis Clifton, and Aubrey Joy Jones; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Oney was a woman of strong faith, and she was |
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a longtime congregant of the Harleton Baptist Church, where six |
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generations of her family have been members; she taught Sunday |
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school and vacation Bible school, and she gave freely of her time |
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and talents to the Training Union and the Woman's Missionary |
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Union; in addition, she served as church pianist and sang in the |
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choir and the Harletones; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Joyce Oney will be deeply missed, the |
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passage of time will never diminish the warmth and kindness that |
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she brought into the lives of all who were fortunate enough to |
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know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Jewell Joyce |
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Mullis Oney and extend sincere condolences to her loved ones; |
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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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Joyce Oney. |
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Hughes |
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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 April 1, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |