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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Minerva Rodriguez Lopez of Robstown, who passed away on June 26, |
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2022, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Nicholas and Maria Elena Gonzales |
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Rodriguez, the former Minerva Rodriguez was born in Robstown on |
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February 4, 1938, and she grew up with the companionship of four |
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siblings, Nicholas, Ramiro, Armando, and Maria Elena; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lopez was a cofounder of Lopez Broadcasting, |
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where she enjoyed a rewarding career that spanned more than three |
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decades, and she cofounded Cotton Broadcasting with her husband, |
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Humberto Lozano Lopez, and son Carlos Lopez in 1985; four years |
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later, the trio established KMIQ Majic Tejano, one of the first |
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Spanish-language FM radio stations in the nation, and they |
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subsequently founded the KHMC Majic Tejano station in Victoria; |
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they went on to establish KLMO Tejano in San Antonio as well as a |
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number of broadcasting stations in Corpus Christi, and they found |
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further success in the television industry; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lopez shared 55 years of marriage with her |
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husband before Mr. Lopez's passing in 2011; in addition to her son |
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Carlos, she took great pride in their 11 other children, Mario |
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Humberto, Luis Homero, Larry, Manuel, Humberto, Ernest, Mena Lamar, |
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Melinda, Ray, Lisa, and Mary Helen, and over the years, her |
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treasured family grew to include 39 grandchildren and 31 |
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great-grandchildren; sustained by a deep faith, she was a devoted |
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parishioner of St. Anthony Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Minerva Lopez lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and she will forever be a source of inspiration to those who were |
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fortunate enough to know her; 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 Minerva Rodriguez |
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Lopez and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her 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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Minerva |
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Lopez. |