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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 524
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In Memory |
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of |
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Halo Jewel Mills Young |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Halo Jewel Mills Young, who died January |
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16, 2019, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Halo Jewel Mills was born on January 27, 1930, in |
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Henderson, Texas; she was an honor student at Greenville |
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Community School, and she graduated with honors from Henderson |
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Colored High School in 1948; and |
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WHEREAS, Halo continued her education at Southwestern |
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Christian College, where she worked as the school's first |
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librarian while balancing her course load; she met the love of |
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her life, Paul Young Jr., during her time as a student, and on |
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October 27, 1953, they were married in the campus chapel; and |
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WHEREAS, Halo and Paul built a rewarding life of spiritual |
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service together; he preached at churches in Texas, Arizona, and |
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Alabama, and Halo worked tirelessly at each church to create and |
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foster uplifting ministries that enriched the congregations and |
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the greater community; the couple retired from service and moved |
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to Arlington in 2004, and they became faithful members of |
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Dalworth Park Church of Christ; and |
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WHEREAS, Halo was a devoted matriarch who raised three |
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children by loving example, and she made her kitchen a place of |
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warmth, where family members cooked, conversed, prayed, and |
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comforted each other; over the years, she passed on family |
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traditions to her two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, |
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who were a source of immense pride and joy; and |
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WHEREAS, Halo Young was a woman of deep faith, and she |
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inspired those who knew her through her joyous spirit and |
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boundless generosity; she was beloved by many, and she will long |
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be remembered with respect and admiration by all who were |
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privileged to share in her life; 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 Halo Jewel Mills Young; 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 Halo Young. |
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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 |