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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 11
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In Memory |
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of |
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Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven, a cherished |
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Dallas resident, who died January 13, 2021, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Lou Bunkley was born in Denison, and she |
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graduated from Terrell High School at the age of 16; a determined |
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young woman, she went on to make notable contributions to the |
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civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, and she broke |
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barriers with a trailblazing career as an educator; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary earned a bachelor's degree from Howard |
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University and a master's degree from Prairie View A&M |
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University; she served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum |
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writer, and a reading specialist during her 32-year career in |
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education, and she was the first African American teacher to be |
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hired at Brandenburg Elementary School in Irving, Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted matriarch, Mrs. Kirven shared 38 years |
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of marriage with the late Howard D. Kirven, and they were blessed |
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with two children, Cynthia Kirven Arterbery and the late Beverly |
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Kirven Smith; her three grandchildren, Stephanie, Steven, and |
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Brent, enriched her life immeasurably; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Kirven was a proud life member of the Alpha |
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Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, |
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and in 2012, the sorority honored her for her work with the |
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civil rights movement; she was a talented bridge player, an |
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esteemed citizen, and a treasured community leader, and she |
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will long be remembered with respect and admiration by all who |
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were privileged 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, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven; 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 Mary Kirven. |
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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 January 26, 2021, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |