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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 729
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In Memory |
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Loretta Reves |
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with |
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the passing of Flora Loretta Solomon Reves on March 14, 2023, |
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at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of James Elmer Solomon and Ellar Alda |
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Bertha Harbison Solomon, the former Loretta Solomon was born in |
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 11, 1934; she grew up with a |
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brother, James, and a sister, Judy; after graduating from Graham |
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High School, she went on to earn both her bachelor's degree and |
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master's degree in education from the University of North Texas; |
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over the course of a career that spanned nearly four decades, she |
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taught English, literature, and journalism to elementary, high |
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school, and college students; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1965, she exchanged the vows of matrimony with |
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Orlandis Prentes "Patrick" Reves, and the couple enjoyed traveling |
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the world together; Mrs. Reves taught English and delivered Gideon |
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Bibles in China, studied art in Rome, and walked the halls of the |
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University of Cambridge in England; among other adventures, she was |
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chased by monkeys in India and mistakenly deported from Brazil to |
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Argentina; she and her husband shared a fulfilling relationship of |
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30 years until his passing; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Reves was the devoted mother of two sons, |
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Brian and James, and through the years, she knew the joy of |
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welcoming three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren into her |
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treasured family; she was a woman of strong faith and a longtime |
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member of Sar Shalom/Prince of Peace, a Messianic Jewish |
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congregation in Arlington; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Loretta Reves will be deeply missed, she |
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has left her loved ones with a wealth of memories that they will |
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forever treasure; 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 Flora Loretta |
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Solomon Reves and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her sons, Judge James Wade Birdwell and his wife, |
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Elizabeth, and State Senator Brian Douglas Birdwell and his wife, |
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Mel; to her grandchildren, Nicholas, Alexandra and her husband, |
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Zachary, and Matthew and his wife, Ann Marie; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Elijah and Lily; to her sister, Judy Solomon |
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Brown; to her niece, Deborah Vasterling, and her son, Jonathan; and |
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to her other 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 |
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this day, it do so in memory of Loretta Reves. |
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Hinojosa |
Parker |
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| Creighton |
Kolkhorst |
Sparks |
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LaMantia |
Springer |
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Middleton |
Whitmire |
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Patrick, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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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 May 29, 2023, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |