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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Jennifer |
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Lee Mixon of Woodville, who died on March 12, 2021, at the age |
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of 50; and |
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WHEREAS, Jennifer Mixon was born in Palestine on May 5, 1970, |
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to Jerry and Darlene Ives, and she grew up in Elkhart with a |
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brother, Jason; after graduating from Elkhart High School in 1988, |
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she earned her bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State |
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University in 1993; she enjoyed a successful career as a teacher and |
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coach in the Wells, Cushing, Corrigan-Camden, and Woodville |
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Independent School Districts, and she was a longtime member of the |
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Texas Girls Coaches Association; and |
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WHEREAS, For 26 years, Ms. Mixon shared a rewarding marriage |
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with her husband, Shawn, and she was the proud mother of two |
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daughters, Shelby and Emily; she delighted in the time she spent |
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with her family, her many friends, and the young people she was |
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privileged to coach; a woman of strong faith, she attended Dogwood |
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Hills Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were fortunate enough to have known |
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Jennifer Mixon will always remember the way she touched their |
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lives, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their hearts; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Jennifer Lee Mixon |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Shawn Mixon; to her daughters, Shelby and Emily Mixon; to |
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her mother, Darlene Mace Ives; to her brother, Jason Ives, and his |
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wife, Christy; to her mother-in-law, Suzanne Mixon; to her |
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sisters-in-law, Kerri Mixon Reagan and Kassi Cuff and her husband, |
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Randall; to her brother-in-law, Chris Rowe; to her nieces and |
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nephews, Chloe Ives, Lainey Reagan, Kalli Cuff, Macy Rowe, Taylor |
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Hartfield, Jordan Ives, Brady Reagan, and Connor Cuff; and to her |
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other relatives and friends; 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 Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jennifer |
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Lee Mixon. |