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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Joanna J. Heffington Nelson of Austin on May 24, 2020, at |
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the age 71; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of James and Agnes Heffington, the |
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former Joanna Heffington was born in Houston on August 13, 1948, and |
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she grew up with three sisters, Lanette, Claudette, and Nelwyn; she |
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completed her bachelor's degree in music education at Baylor |
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University and taught middle school in Brooklyn, New York, for two |
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years; subsequently, she became head assistant to the chief curator |
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at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; after returning |
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to Texas, she worked as a transcriptionist for three district |
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courts in Travis County and then became a successful real estate |
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agent; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Nelson shared a rewarding 40-year relationship |
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with her husband, Jim, and she was the proud mother of three |
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children, James, Julia, and Caroline; with the passing years, she |
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was blessed with six grandchildren, Lawson, Campbell, Vada, |
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Virginia, Hazel, and Henry; and |
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WHEREAS, For almost two decades, Ms. Nelson was the music |
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director at Highland Park Baptist Preschool, and over the years, |
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many of her former students stayed in contact; she was a member of |
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Hyde Park Baptist Church for more than 20 years and served as the |
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director of ninth grade Sunday school; later, she joined Austin |
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First Church; she was also president of the Texas State Officials |
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Ladies Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Joanna Nelson is deeply missed, memories of |
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her kind and caring ways will remain a lasting source of inspiration |
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to those she leaves behind; 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 Joanna J. Heffington |
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Nelson and extend sincere sympathy to her family and friends; and, |
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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 Joanna |
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Heffington Nelson. |
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Howard |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1529 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 29, 2021. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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