88R8603 CW-D

By: Hughes S.R. No. 13

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories of LaVonn Jeanette Vickers Higgs of Lindale, who passed away on January 14, 2022, at the age of 87; and

WHEREAS, The daughter of Leonard and Ellen Johnson, the former LaVonn Johnson was born on July 6, 1934, in McPherson, Kansas, and she grew up on a farm in the Swedish community of New Gottland alongside her twin sister, LaVerna, and three other siblings, Eleanor, Merlyn, and Janus; after graduating from McPherson High School, she continued her education at Tyler Junior College; and

WHEREAS, She worked as a telephone operator for a decade in McPherson, where she met her future husband, the late Edward Lawrence Vickers, and she transferred to Tyler after they married; over the succeeding years, she devoted herself to her home and to raising her daughters, Sharon and Sandra; she served on the PTA for Dixie Elementary School and Stewart Junior High School, and she also held offices with the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society and volunteered for hospice; a woman of faith, she was a valued congregant of Noonday Baptist Church in Tyler, and she played the organ and piano for a number of area churches; with the passing years, she had the privilege of seeing her family grow to include four grandchildren, Andrea, Brian, Jared, and Jacob, and three great-grandchildren, Camden, Luke, and Marshall; and

WHEREAS, LaVonn Higgs possessed a generosity of spirit that expressed itself in myriad ways, and she enriched the lives of countless people with her warmth and kindness; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of LaVonn Jeanette Vickers Higgs and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her passing; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of LaVonn Higgs.