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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 Nelma Jean Speed Bonner of Fairfield on July 24, 2025, at |
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the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Clarence Speed and Jessie Pearl |
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Renfro Speed, the former Jean Speed was born on February 22, 1930, |
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in the Ward Prairie community; she grew up with the companionship of |
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four brothers, Travis, Earl, Jake, and Renfro, and three sisters, |
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Hazel, Eleanor, and Gladys; she received her early education in a |
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one-room schoolhouse in Ward Prairie before the establishment of |
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Fairfield Independent School District when she was in the fourth |
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grade; her family later moved to Oak Cliff in Dallas County, and she |
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graduated from Sunset High School; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Bonner shared a rewarding marriage with Jim |
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Billie Bonner Jr. until the time of his passing, and they were the |
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proud parents of two sons, Buck and Biff; Mrs. Bonner was further |
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blessed with a granddaughter, Stella, and a great-grandson, |
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Jonathan; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Bonner was a valued member of |
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Ward Prairie Baptist Church; she taught Sunday school classes and |
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helped with vacation Bible school, and through the years, pastors |
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and their families would often visit the Bonner home for Sunday |
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dinners; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Jean Bonner brings immeasurable |
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sorrow to her family and friends, she will forever be remembered |
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with great admiration and affection; 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 life of |
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Nelma Jean Speed Bonner and extend sincere sympathy to the members |
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of her family: to her son, Buck Bonner; to her granddaughter, Stella |
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Dewitt; to her great-grandson, Jonathan Dewitt; and to her 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jean |
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Bonner. |