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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 22
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In Memory |
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of |
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Letitia Washington Plummer |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Letitia Washington Plummer, who died |
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July 13, 2021, at the age of 98; and |
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WHEREAS, Letitia Plummer was born on August 23, 1922, in |
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Morales, to J. D. Washington and Eulalia Haynes Washington; she |
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graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in San Antonio in |
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1938, and she went on to earn a degree in chemistry from Tillotson |
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College in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, She married the late Matthew Plummer in April of |
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1943, and the couple moved to Tuskegee, Alabama, where their |
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sons, Matthew and James Plummer, were born; they were later |
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blessed with a daughter, the late Diane Letitia Plummer; her five |
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grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren were a source of |
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much pride and joy for her; and |
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WHEREAS, The family moved to Houston in 1949, and she |
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earned a master's degree in counseling from Texas Southern |
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University in 1954; she enjoyed a distinguished career as an |
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educator and first served as a counselor at Houston's Phillis |
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Wheatley High School; she later became the executive director of |
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Guidance and Counseling with the Houston Independent School |
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District, and she became known for her efforts to channel |
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minority students toward college instead of toward trade |
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schools; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of wisdom, courage, and determination, |
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she gave unselfishly to others, and she will long be remembered |
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for her radiant smile, her curiosity and thirst for knowledge, |
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and her enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, |
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and she leaves behind memories that will be cherished forever by |
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her family and friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Letitia Washington |
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Plummer; 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 Letitia Plummer. |
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Whitmire |
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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 August 16, 2021, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |