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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 484
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In Memory |
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Nancy Hughes |
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WHEREAS, A caring and purposeful life came to an untimely |
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end with the passing of Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes of Galveston on |
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March 18, 2022, at the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Galveston on December 21, 1954, to Edward |
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and Ellie Lefeber, the former Nancy Ellen Lefeber grew up with |
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the companionship of five older siblings, Edward, John, Robert, |
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Ann, and Donald; she graduated from Ball High School in 1973 and |
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married her high school sweetheart, Michael B. Hughes, in 1976; |
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as the daughter of a physician and a nurse, she was drawn to |
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medicine, and after earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from |
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The University of Texas at Austin, she worked as a nurse at |
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St. David's Hospital for 10 years; later, she continued her |
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nursing career in Galveston in the intensive care unit at the |
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former St. Mary's Hospital and in the oncology department of The |
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University of Texas Medical Branch; and |
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WHEREAS, Following in her father's footsteps, Ms. Hughes |
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returned to school to study medicine, graduating from the UTMB |
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Medical School in 1994, when she was 39 years old; she worked as a |
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primary care physician at UTMB from 1994 to 2008, before starting |
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her own private practice, Internal Medicine Associates of |
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Galveston; over the years, she managed her practice with |
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diligence and cared for her patients with the utmost compassion; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Hughes was the devoted mother of three |
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children, Laura, Katherine, and Matthew, and she was further |
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blessed with two grandsons, Davis and Connor; she enjoyed hosting |
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family gatherings at the home in Galveston's East End that she |
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purchased and restored with her husband, and in addition to |
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spending time with her loved ones, she was fond of rollerblading, |
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sailing at Sea Star Base Galveston, making arts and crafts, going |
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to see the Houston Grand Opera, and traveling the world; she was a |
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lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where she displayed |
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her beautiful singing voice, and she also played the violin in |
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the Galveston Symphony Orchestra for many years alongside her |
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husband, a cellist; and |
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WHEREAS, While the passing of Dr. Nancy Hughes brings |
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great sadness to her family, friends, and patients, she leaves |
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behind a legacy that will forever be cherished; now, therefore, |
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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 Dr. Nancy Lefeber |
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Hughes and extend deepest sympathy to all those 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 Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes. |
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Middleton |
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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 April 27, 2023, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |