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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 Thora Brigance Payne of Webster, who passed away on June |
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17, 2022, at the age of 97; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Knott on June 16, 1925, to Theodore and May |
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Couch Brigance, the former Thora Brigance grew up with six |
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siblings, Jean, Edward, Vasta, Veda, Edith, and Nina; she graduated |
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in 1943 from Wellman High School, where she met the love of her |
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life, Vernon C. Payne; she attended Texas Tech University while he |
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was serving in the army, and upon being reunited, the couple wed on |
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September 15, 1945; during their 57 years of marriage, they raised |
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two children, Kippy and Doak, and their family later grew to include |
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a granddaughter, Kristy, and two great-grandchildren, Grayson and |
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Graham; and |
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WHEREAS, As newlyweds, Mrs. Payne and her husband moved to |
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Andrews, where he coached the high school basketball team and she |
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ran a children's clothing store, The Little Shop; she became |
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actively involved in her children's activities, volunteering as a |
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den mother, a Girl Scout troop leader, a Sunday school teacher, and |
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a tennis instructor; she was a woman of boundless energy, and |
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between shuttling her children to their golf and tennis |
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tournaments, she found time to cook gourmet meals and to hit a hole |
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in one on the golf course; and |
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WHEREAS, The family eventually moved to Waco when Mr. Payne |
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accepted a position with the Waco Independent School District; |
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there, Mrs. Payne served as an officer in both the Lake Waco Golf |
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Association and the Central Texas Women's Golf Association, and she |
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became a nursing home director at Hill Haven; she and Mr. Payne were |
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fond of playing bridge, hosting game nights with friends at their |
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home on Lake Waco, and tending to their beautiful garden together; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Through her optimism and generosity of spirit, Thora |
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Payne brightened the world for all who were fortunate enough to know |
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her, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their hearts; |
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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 Thora Brigance |
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Payne and extend deepest sympathy to her loved ones; and, be it |
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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 Thora |
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Payne. |
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Paul |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1192 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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