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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends have suffered an immeasurable |
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loss with the passing of Mary Ellen Spiller of Jacksboro on March 7, |
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2022, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Guy and Lillian Hutson, the former |
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Mary Hutson was born on October 5, 1934, in Grandfield, Oklahoma, |
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and grew up with seven older siblings, Weldon, Harold, Raymond, |
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Marie, Jerry, Jean, and Joyce; she graduated from Devol High School |
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in Cotton County, Oklahoma, and continued her education at |
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Draughon's Business College in Wichita Falls; and |
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WHEREAS, While living in Wichita Falls, she met her future |
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husband, James Spiller, who was stationed at Sheppard Air Force |
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Base; the couple married on August 18, 1956, and became the proud |
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parents of three children, David, Karen, and Scott; as the years |
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passed, Mrs. Spiller had the privilege of seeing her family grow to |
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include six grandsons and three great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Spiller skillfully balanced family life with a |
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rewarding career as her husband's legal secretary in his solo |
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practice and at Spiller & Spiller in Jacksboro; she also worked for |
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Spiller Title for six decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Sustained by a strong faith, Mrs. Spiller took an |
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active role at First United Methodist Church, teaching Sunday |
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school and singing with the choir; moreover, she was a valued member |
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of the Business & Professional Women's Club of Jacksboro; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her kindness, her strength of character, |
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and her outgoing personality, Mary Spiller led a caring and |
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purposeful life, and she will forever be a source of inspiration to |
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those she leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Ellen Spiller |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, David Spiller and his wife, Ginger, and Karen Forbis and |
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her husband, Chris; to her daughter-in-law, Laura Spiller; to her |
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grandsons, Mason, Reid, Drew, and Kyle Spiller and Alex and Joel |
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Forbis; to her great-grandchildren, John, Carson, and Caroline |
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Spiller; and to her 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 Mary Ellen |
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Spiller. |