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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49
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In Memory |
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Laci Stone |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends suffered an immeasurable loss |
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with the tragic passing of Laci Ada Stone of Nocona on March 15, |
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2022, at the age of 18; and |
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WHEREAS, The cherished daughter of Haydan and Chelsi |
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Stone, Laci Stone was born on July 1, 2003, and she grew up in |
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Nocona with the companionship of two siblings, Johnathan and |
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Kaygan; she graduated with the Class of 2021 from Nocona High |
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School, where she was an honor student and a competitive athlete |
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who excelled in the sports of golf, basketball, volleyball, and |
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softball; as a senior, she was voted prom queen; moreover, she |
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gave generously of her time as a volunteer with the PALS program |
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and the Nocona Youth Volleyball League, and she was an active |
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congregant of Northside Landmark Missionary Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, At the time of her passing, Ms. Stone was a |
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freshman at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico, |
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where she had been awarded a golf scholarship and was pursuing a |
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degree in global business management; vivacious and full of life, |
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she was known as a young woman whose smile could light up a room, |
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and wherever she went, her warm and upbeat disposition won her |
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many devoted friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her journey on this earth ended far too |
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soon, Laci Stone was a source of joy and inspiration to all who |
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knew her, and they will forever carry her memory close in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Laci Ada Stone and |
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extend profound condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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parents, Haydan and Chelsi Stone; to her brother, Johnathan |
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Stone, and her sister, Kaygan Stone; to her grandmother, Carol |
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Patterson; to her great-grandparents, Melvin and Minnie Corley; |
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to her aunts, uncles, and cousins; and to all others who mourn her |
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passing; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Laci Stone. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2023, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |