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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Flora Loretta Solomon Reves on March 14, 2023, at the age |
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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, Brian |
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and James, and through the years, she knew the joy of welcoming |
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three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren into her treasured |
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family; she was a woman of strong faith and a longtime member of Sar |
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Shalom/Prince of Peace, a Messianic Jewish congregation in |
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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 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Flora Loretta Solomon Reves and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Judge James Wade Birdwell and his wife, Elizabeth, and State |
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Senator Brian Douglas Birdwell and his wife, Mel; to her |
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grandchildren, Nicholas, Alexandra and her husband, Zachary, and |
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Matthew and his wife, Ann Marie; to her great-grandchildren, Elijah |
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and Lily; to her sister, Judy Solomon Brown; to her niece, Deborah |
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Vasterling, and her son, Jonathan; and to her other relatives and |
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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 Loretta Reves. |