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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Dallas in mourning the loss of Vestana Cornelius |
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Wollos, who died September 21, 2021, at the age of 108; and |
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WHEREAS, Vestana Wollos was born in the Queen City |
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community of Dallas on December 12, 1912; she was the seventh and |
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youngest child of the late Dennis and Eliza Wollos, and she |
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attended Booker T. Washington High School, the only area school |
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for black students; and |
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WHEREAS, This treasured Texan was baptized at Mount Moriah |
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Missionary Baptist Church at the age of 12, and over the next 80 |
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years, she faithfully served the church in numerous capacities; |
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in her youth, she was a member of several auxiliaries, and she |
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later taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School; she |
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established Family Night at the church, and she was a full-time |
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employee of the church's day-care center for 16 years; her |
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passion for service had inspired her to attain her nursing |
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license, and she enjoyed two decades of service as a nurse at |
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Methodist Hospital from the mid-1950s until her retirement in |
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1976; and |
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WHEREAS, Vestana was the mother of two children, and she |
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was blessed with a family of nine grandchildren, 18 |
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great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren, who |
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enriched her life immeasurably; and |
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WHEREAS, A cherished matriarch and an esteemed member of |
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her community, Vestana Wollos was a source of strength to her |
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friends and loved ones through her kind spirit and her faithful |
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Christian devotion; she was beloved by many, and she will long be |
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remembered with respect and admiration by all who were privileged |
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to share in her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Vestana Cornelius Wollos; |
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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 Vestana Wollos. |