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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Patricia Evans Dickey on March 19, 2021, at the age of |
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75; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Leonard and Lula Evans, the former |
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Pat Evans was born in Stonega, Virginia, on October 7, 1945, and |
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grew up with eight younger siblings, Linda, Brenda, Doris, Leonard, |
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Roger, John, Larry, and Ronnie; she became the devoted mother of a |
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son, Bobby, and a daughter, Michelle, and she took great pride in |
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her six grandchildren, Jack, Julia, Luke, Claire, Alex, and Stuart, |
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and her great-grandchild, Henry; following the death of her husband |
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of nearly 40 years, Clive Dickey, she was fortunate enough to find |
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love again, and she married Warren Taylor; she was a steadfast |
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source of kindness, compassion, and strength for all the members of |
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her large extended family; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Dickey began a noteworthy career in real estate |
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while residing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; she worked with |
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Nowland Mortgage Company and was a frequent top producer for Ebby |
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Halliday Realtors; after moving to Crockett in 1988, she became a |
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co-owner of Music Mountain water distributors and launched her own |
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real estate company; she affiliated with Coldwell Banker in 1992 |
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and later opened a second office of Coldwell Banker, Pat Dickey |
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Realtors in Nacogdoches; dedicated to her profession, she was a |
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member of the Nacogdoches County Board of Realtors and the Houston |
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Association of Realtors, and she served on the board of the Texas |
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Realtors Political Action Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Benefiting her community, Ms. Dickey served as |
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secretary of the Angelina & Neches River Authority Board and as a |
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member of both the Houston County Hospital District Board and the |
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board of All Saints' Episcopal Church; moreover, she was a sponsor |
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of the Piney Woods Fine Arts Association and gave generously of her |
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time and talents to the Boys and Girls Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Pat Dickey is greatly missed, she has left |
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those who shared in her love and friendship with a wealth of |
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memories that they will forever treasure; 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 life of Patricia Evans Dickey |
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and extend sincere condolences to her family and friends; and, be it |
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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 Patricia |
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Evans Dickey. |