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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Eileen Haynes Collins of Bloomburg, who passed away on |
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January 15, 2022, at the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Horace and Lois Glass Haynes, the |
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former Eileen Haynes was born on July 20, 1949; after graduating |
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from Bloomburg High School in 1967, she earned degrees from East |
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Texas State University and Louisiana State University Medical |
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Center; she went on to enjoy a rewarding career in education as a |
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teacher and speech therapist with Caddo Parish Public Schools in |
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Shreveport, Louisiana; following her retirement from the district |
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after 26 years, she continued her work as a speech therapist with |
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Cass County Shared Services; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly engaged in her community, Ms. Collins |
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presided over two conservative Republican women's clubs and |
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excelled as chair of the Cass County Republican Party for more than |
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a decade; she also gave generously of her time and talents to Keep |
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Texas Beautiful; a woman of deep faith, she was a lifelong member of |
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Bloomburg First Baptist Church, where she served the congregation |
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as a pianist and organist and was active in the children's ministry; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Collins benefited from the |
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love and support of her husband, Jerry, with whom she shared a |
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fulfilling union of 54 years; she was the proud mother of three |
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children, Jeffrey, Mitchell, and Robin, and she had the pleasure of |
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welcoming into her family eight grandchildren, Jacob, Lindsay, |
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Christian, Sydney, Gracie, Carter, Avery, and Emory; and |
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WHEREAS, Eileen Collins lived a rich and purposeful life |
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devoted to her family, her community, and her faith, and she leaves |
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behind a legacy of kindness and generosity that will continue to |
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inspire all those who knew and loved her; 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 Eileen Haynes Collins and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her husband, |
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Jerry Collins; to her children, Jeffrey Collins and his wife, |
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Samira, Mitchell Collins and his wife, Lauri, and Robin Russell and |
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her husband, Jim; to her grandchildren, Lindsay Armstrong, Jacob, |
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Christian, Sydney, Gracie, and Carter Collins, and Avery and Emory |
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Russell; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 Eileen Collins. |