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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Chambers County lost a beloved resident with the |
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passing of Linnie Evelyn Stephenson Standley of Smith Point on |
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May 11, 2023, at the age of 101; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Jessie Ralph Stephenson and Ruby |
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Lena Nelson, the former Evelyn Stephenson was born in Corpus |
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Christi on May 11, 1922; she grew up as the oldest of seven |
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siblings, and in 1927 her family moved to Smith Point, where she |
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began her education in a one-room schoolhouse; she then lived in |
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Galveston with her grandmother for three years to attend Ball High |
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School; after graduation, she married Morris Standley on September |
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9, 1940; they were blessed with a son, Ronald Morris Standley; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Standley began working for the Anahuac |
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Independent School District in 1945 as a bus driver; she gladly |
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performed any task that needed to be done, and during summers, she |
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helped her husband build a 40-foot shrimp boat; having taken |
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college courses to become a dietician, she eventually oversaw three |
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school cafeterias; she retired from Anahuac ISD in 1988; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to her community, Mrs. Standley was a |
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founding member and an emergency care assistant for the Smith Point |
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Volunteer Fire Department; for decades, she served both that |
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department and Chambers County Fire and Rescue as treasurer and |
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secretary; a lifelong member of Smith Point Community Church, she |
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also served the church as secretary and treasurer for over 40 years |
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and taught Sunday school as well; she kept the books for numerous |
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groups and gave generously of her time and talents to a host of |
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organizations, among them the Chambers County 4-H Horse Club, |
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American Legion Auxiliary, and the United Daughters of the |
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Confederacy; moreover, she shared her knowledge extensively with |
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the Chambers County Historical Commission for the benefit of future |
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generations, donated items with detailed information, and helped |
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tend cemeteries and place markers; and |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Standley made a lasting, positive difference |
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through her wide-ranging contributions, and she will be remembered |
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with deep admiration and affection by all who were privileged to |
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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 life of Linnie Evelyn |
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Stephenson Standley and extend sincere condolences to the members |
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of her family: to her daughter-in-heart, Linda Vaughan, and her |
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husband, Bugs; to her grandchildren, Morris Dwayne Standley and his |
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wife, Michele, Dustin Lynn Standley and his wife, Julie, Davonna |
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Marie Wilson and her husband, Phillip, John Louis Cionek and his |
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wife, Janet, Clayton Ray Vaughan and his wife, Tiffany, and Brandon |
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Cole Vaughan; to her brother, Charles Jesse "Tootie" Stephenson; to |
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her 12 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; and to |
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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 Evelyn |
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Standley. |
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Leo-Wilson |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2061 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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