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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Judith Ann Jones Carrier of |
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Fort Worth on July 5, 2025, at the age of 87, has brought a profound |
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loss to the individuals whose lives she touched through her many |
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good works; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 7, 1937, in Jefferson City, Missouri, |
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to Earnest Truman and Ruth Jones, the former Judith Jones grew up in |
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Houston with the companionship of five siblings, Barbara, Glen, |
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Patricia, Betty, and Janet; she went on to earn a bachelor's degree |
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in journalism from the University of Houston as well as a master's |
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degree in counseling and a doctor of education degree from the |
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University of North Texas; early in her career, she was employed as |
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a counselor and classroom teacher in the Arlington and Burleson |
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Independent School Districts and as an adjunct professor at UNT and |
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The University of Texas at Arlington; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Carrier joined Tarrant County College's faculty |
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in 1971, and after the opening of its Northwest Campus in 1975, she |
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was appointed as its dean of student development services; in 1996, |
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she became the founding president of TCC's Southeast Campus and the |
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first woman to lead a TCC campus; over the 16 years that followed, |
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she was influential in enhancing the presence and impact of the |
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campus in the rapidly growing area of south Tarrant County, and she |
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was recognized for her achievements with the dedication of a |
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library in her honor in 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, Driven by a desire to help students with limited |
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resources, Dr. Carrier helped establish scholarships through the |
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TCC Foundation and the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce |
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Foundation; a trailblazing civic leader, she broke new ground by |
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becoming the first woman to serve as president of the Rotary Club of |
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Fort Worth and the first to chair the executive board of the |
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Arlington chamber; she benefited dozens of other academic and civic |
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organizations through her involvement, and her efforts to advance |
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educational causes at every level included her work as a delegate to |
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the White House Conference on Library and Information Services; |
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moreover, she was active in the charitable ministries of First |
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United Methodist Church of Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, Judith Carrier devoted her life to empowering others |
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to reach greater heights of success, and her contributions to her |
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community and to Tarrant County College will be remembered with |
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admiration for many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Dr. Judith Ann Jones Carrier and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her sister, Barbara Pulliam; to her nieces |
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and nephews, Jeb Jones, Ross Pulliam, Davis Bozeman, Lynn Harvey, |
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Stacey Harvey, Vanessa Jones, and Valorie Hicks; and to her many |
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other relatives and host of 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Judith |
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Carrier. |