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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Eula Mae Griffith West, who passed away on July 27, 2023, at the |
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age of 69; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Horace Griffith and Sadie Skinner |
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Griffith, the former Eula Griffith was born in Bayou Chicot, |
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Louisiana, on March 24, 1954, and she grew up with the companionship |
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of eight brothers and five sisters; she devoted herself to her faith |
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at a young age, and she was baptized at Morning Pilgrim Baptist |
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Church; she graduated from Bayou Chicot High School in Ville |
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Platte, Louisiana, in 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. West was the proud mother of two children, |
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Elijah and LaTosha; over the years, she had the pleasure of |
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welcoming into her family four grandchildren, Mariah, Elijah, |
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Isiah, and Kingston, and two great-grandchildren, Taliah and |
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Az'Ryel; and |
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WHEREAS, Eula West led a life of caring devotion to her loved |
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ones, and although she is deeply missed, her spirit will forever |
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live in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Eula Mae Griffith West and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her son, Elijah M. "Mark" West Sr.; to her |
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daughter, LaTosha M. West; to her granddaughter, Mariah J. West; to |
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her grandsons, Elijah West Jr. and his wife, Jada, Isiah West, and |
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Kingston Ernest Fields-West; to her great-granddaughter, Taliah |
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Ava West; to her great-grandson, Az'Ryel Ananias Isiah West; to her |
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sister, Eretta H. Blessett; to her brothers, Uylese Griffith and |
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Horace Griffith Jr.; to her sister-in-law, Gertie Mae Griffith; and |
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to her many other relatives and friends; and, 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 Eula West. |