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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Nina Lee Green Sinclair of Lubbock on May 4, 2022, at the |
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age of 96; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of John Duff Green and Myra Kelly |
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Green, the former Nina Green was born in Roaring Springs on May 24, |
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1925; she grew up on the Greenland stock farm on the banks of the |
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Tongue River with the company of two brothers, Mervin and John, and |
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four sisters, Mary, Sue, Ruth, and Nell; baptized at Roaring |
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Springs First Baptist Church in 1936, she was guided by her faith |
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ever after; she graduated from Roaring Springs High School, and |
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during World War II, she relocated to Lubbock to work as an artist; |
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she hand-colored portraits at Koen's Studio, and later, she was |
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employed as a photographer and designer for Texas Tech University's |
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La Ventana yearbook; and |
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WHEREAS, On January 18, 1946, she married her childhood |
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sweetheart, Louis Avery Sinclair, and the couple settled in |
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Abernathy; they were blessed with three children, David, Terri, and |
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Jerry Don, and Mrs. Sinclair dedicated herself to her home and |
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family; while supporting her husband in his career with |
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Southwestern Public Service Company, she also encouraged her |
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children to achieve their full potential, both in school and |
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through their involvement in such activities as 4-H, FFA, and |
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athletics; her fiercely protective nature prompted Mr. Sinclair to |
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give her the nickname "Ma Bear"; and |
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WHEREAS, The Sinclairs moved to Lubbock in 1972; through the |
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years, their treasured family grew to include many grandchildren |
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and great-grandchildren, who fondly called Mrs. Sinclair "Sugar"; |
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she was preceded in death by her beloved husband in 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to her faith and her family, Nina |
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Sinclair set an inspiring example of dignity, integrity, and |
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determination, and she will be remembered with admiration and |
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affection by all who held her dear; 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 memory of Nina Lee Green Sinclair and |
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extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones: to her children, David |
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Sinclair and his wife, Connie, Terri Guy and her husband, Dan, and |
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Jerry Don Sinclair and his wife, Jaki; to her grandchildren, Darci |
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Sinclair, Duff Sinclair and his wife, Billy Jo, and Chance Cantwell |
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and his wife, Valerie; to her great-grandchildren, Dylan and Dixon |
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Sinclair and Colt and Archer Cantwell; and to her many other |
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relatives and 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 this |
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day, it do so in memory of Nina Sinclair. |