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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 471
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In Memory |
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of |
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Lawana Jo McGuyer |
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with |
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the passing of Lawana Jo McGuyer on April 29, 2021, at the age of |
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83; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Johnny Brooks and Zona Mae Nix |
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Brooks, the former Jo Brooks was born in Big Spring on March 17, |
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1938; she shared a fulfilling marriage of 60 years with Billy F. |
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McGuyer, and she was devoted to her daughters, Elizabeth and |
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Mary, and her grandchildren, Louis, Micheal, Liberty, and |
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Angela; the McGuyers lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for more |
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than three decades before moving to Mineola in 1993; and |
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WHEREAS, For many years, Mrs. McGuyer taught at Immaculate |
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Conception Catholic Church; she established a number of |
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businesses, and during the 1980s, she owned Memaw's Trunk, a |
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prominent pageant dress design shop in downtown Grand Prairie; |
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active in her community, she was a proud founding member of the |
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Republican Women of Wood County; in addition, she was a longtime |
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member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the |
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Episcopal Church of St. Dunstan in Mineola; an avid reader, she |
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also enjoyed cooking, card games, traveling, and watching golf; |
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above all, she delighted in spending time with her treasured |
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family; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Jo McGuyer will be deeply missed, she has |
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left her family and friends with a wealth of memories that they |
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will forever treasure; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Lawana Jo McGuyer |
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and extend sincere condolences to her loved ones; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Lawana Jo McGuyer. |
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Hughes |
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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 May 25, 2021, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |