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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry of San Benito, who passed |
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away on April 21, 2023, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Emeterio and Eva Arellano, Celia |
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Arellano Gentry was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on March 3, |
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1932; she lived a fulfilling and joyous childhood alongside her |
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siblings; Ernestine, Antonia, Emeterio, Aurora and Rosemary. |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Gentry graduated in 1952 from San Benito High |
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School where she was a member of the San Benito Band. She attended |
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Texas Womans University and graduated with a Bachelor degree in |
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Education. In 1979 she attended Pan American University and |
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graduated with a Masters Degree in Special Education and in 1986 |
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received her Doctorate in Child Psychology from Texas Womans |
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University. |
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WHEREAS, Her teaching career started in 1954 in Palacios |
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CISD. She taught in Harlingen CISD and San Benito CISD for more than |
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25 years. Dr. Gentry retired from Fort Worth CISD in 1999. After her |
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retirement, Dr. Gentry continued working for Weslaco CISD where she |
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taught special education classes and children who were very ill and |
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home bound. For over a decade, Dr. Gentry worked with numerous |
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children who needed individualized tutoring, especially children |
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that were impacted during Covid. Her teaching career spanned over |
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68 years and touched the lives of over 2,000 children |
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WHEREAS, She took great pride in her three children, Leslie, |
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Bobby, and Yvonne; with the passage of time, her treasured family |
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grew to include six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry lived a life that was rich |
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in personal and professional achievements, and she will forever be |
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a source of inspiration to those she leaves behind; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry and extend heartfelt sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her children, Leslie Whittemore, Bobby |
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Gentry and Yvonne Guerra; to her grandchildren, Christina Baker, |
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Katherine Whittaker, Bobby Gentry Jr., Westin Gentry, Taite Gentry, |
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and Elizabeth Carrillo; and to her other relatives and many |
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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 Dr. Celia |
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Arellano Gentry. |
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Lopez of Cameron |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 124 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on December 5, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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