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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A caring and purposeful life came to an untimely end |
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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 the |
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companionship of five older siblings, Edward, John, Robert, Ann, |
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and Donald; she graduated from Ball High School in 1973 and married |
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her high school sweetheart, Michael B. Hughes, in 1976; as the |
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daughter of a physician and a nurse, she was drawn to medicine, and |
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after earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from The University of |
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Texas at Austin, she worked as a nurse at St. David's Hospital for |
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10 years; later, she continued her nursing career in Galveston in |
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the intensive care unit at the former St. Mary's Hospital and in the |
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oncology department of The 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 diligence |
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and cared for her patients with the utmost compassion; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Hughes was the devoted mother of three children, |
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Laura, Katherine, and Matthew, and she was further blessed with two |
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grandsons, Davis and Connor; she enjoyed hosting family gatherings |
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at the home in Galveston's East End that she purchased and restored |
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with her husband, and in addition to spending time with her loved |
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ones, she was fond of rollerblading, sailing at Sea Star Base |
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Galveston, making arts and crafts, going to see the Houston Grand |
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Opera, and traveling the world; she was a lifelong member of Trinity |
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Episcopal Church, where she displayed her beautiful singing voice, |
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and she also played the violin in the Galveston Symphony Orchestra |
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for many years alongside her husband, a cellist; and |
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WHEREAS, While the passing of Dr. Nancy Hughes brings great |
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sadness to her family, friends, and patients, she leaves behind a |
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legacy that will forever be cherished; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes and |
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extend deepest sympathy to all those who mourn her passing; and, be |
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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 this |
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day, it do so in memory of Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes. |