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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 530
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In Memory |
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Anna Calhoun and Harper Provenza |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt |
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by the loving family of 23-year-old Anna Lee Calhoun and her |
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two-year-old daughter, Harper Marie Provenza, who passed away on |
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May 4, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, Anna Lee Calhoun was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, |
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on September 17, 1997, to Donna McNatt and Ronnie Calhoun; she |
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was a standout member of the volleyball team at Holy Spirit |
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Catholic High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and after |
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graduating, she enrolled as a biology major at Midwestern State |
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University in Wichita Falls, where she excelled in her studies; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Calhoun shared an inseparable bond with her |
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beloved daughter, Harper, who was born on July 6, 2018; just like |
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her mother, Harper exuded joy and happiness, and her bright smile |
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and abundant laughter made her the center of attention everywhere |
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she went; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Calhoun's life was further blessed by the |
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companionship of a close-knit group of friends, with whom she |
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made many wonderful memories, and she especially treasured the |
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special connection she shared with her best friend, Jason |
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Gribble; and |
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WHEREAS, Although the loss of this beloved mother and child |
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brings tremendous sadness, Anna Calhoun and Harper Provenza |
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enriched the lives of everyone around them in ways beyond measure, |
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and they will forever hold a cherished place in the hearts of the |
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many people who held them dear; 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 memory of Anna Lee Calhoun |
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and Harper Marie Provenza and extend deepest condolences to the |
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members of their family: to Ms. Calhoun's mother, Donna McNatt, |
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her stepmother, Cheryl Calhoun, her grandmother, Mimi, and her |
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aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family in Alabama; to |
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Harper's other grandmother, Becky Provenza, her |
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great-grandmother, Lois Whitaker, and her numerous aunts, |
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uncles, and cousins; and to all those who mourn their passing; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for their family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Anna Lee Calhoun and Harper Marie |
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Provenza. |
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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 28, 2021, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |