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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 138
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In Memory |
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Gladys Huelitt Cariker |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Gladys Huelitt Cariker of Carthage on December 13, |
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2022, at the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Gladys Huelitt Biggs was born to |
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Augustus Marvin Biggs Sr. and Viola Hudman Biggs in Carthage on |
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December 21, 1921, and she grew up with the companionship of five |
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siblings, Augustus, Nannie, John, Minnie, and Mary; in the course |
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of her career, she was employed by the Sabine Basket Factory, the |
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Yarborough Variety Store, and the Carthage Independent School |
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District tax office, and she was a bookkeeper for the Terry |
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Farris department store, as well as a seamstress; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, this esteemed woman sang |
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in the Adult Silver Tone Choir, and she was a charter member of |
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the Silver Strummers of Central Baptist Church and a valued |
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congregant of First Baptist Church; she was also a longtime |
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member of the Rebekah Lodge No. 132; in her leisure time, she |
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enjoyed horseback riding, square dancing, and traveling; and |
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WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husbands, Cary |
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Comer Chadwick, Dr. Allen Newsom Tiller, and John Allen Cariker; |
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among those left to cherish her memory are her stepsons, Allen |
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and Don Cariker, as well as her nephew, Lynn Travis Whitaker, and |
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her nieces, Carol Sue Stokes, Brenda Kay Hathaway, and Beverly |
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Jean Cordray; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Huelitt Cariker is deeply missed, those |
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who held her dear will forever remember the warmth and kindness |
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she brought into their lives; 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 memory of Gladys Huelitt |
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Cariker and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her stepsons, Allen Cariker and his wife, Bobbie, and |
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Don Cariker and his wife, Janice; to her nephew, Lynn Travis |
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Whitaker, and his wife, Linda; to her nieces, Carol Sue Stokes |
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and her husband, Jeff, Brenda Kay Hathaway and her husband, |
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Sammy, and Beverly Jean Cordray and her husband, Wayne; and to |
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her other relatives and many 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Huelitt Cariker. |
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Hughes |
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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 February 7, 2023, by |
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a rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |