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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The tragic passing of Mary Barrett Stevens of Austin |
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on July 4, 2025, at the age of eight, has brought an incalculable |
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loss to all those who loved and cherished her; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on December 6, 2016, to Stacy and |
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Johnny Stevens, Mary Stevens was affectionately known as "May May" |
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to her family, which also included her younger siblings, Graham and |
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Lilly, and her beloved dog, Pete; she attended Highland Park |
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Elementary School, where her magnetic personality and her kind and |
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welcoming nature made an impression on her teachers and classmates; |
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she was a natural leader who readily endeared herself to others, and |
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she demonstrated her zest for life as she pursued such activities as |
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art, dance, basketball, and skiing; and |
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WHEREAS, Compassionate, loyal, and cheerful, with a radiant |
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smile and a contagious laugh, Mary made the world a brighter place |
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for everyone around her; she was at her happiest when she was |
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sharing her favorite things with those closest to her, whether she |
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was playing Rummikub and cards with her family, dancing with her |
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friends, or taking her loved ones along on her various adventures; |
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she enjoyed traveling to new places, and aside from home, her |
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favorite place to be was surrounded by her family and friends in |
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Telluride, Colorado; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her time on this earth was far too brief, |
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Mary Stevens was a ray of light in the lives of those who held her |
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dear, and they will never forget the abundant joy that she brought |
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to them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 1st |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Barrett |
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Stevens and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her parents, Stacy and Johnny Stevens; to her siblings, |
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Graham and Lilly Stevens; to her grandparents, Ann and Edward |
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Stevens and Patti and William Holmes; to her aunt and uncle, Maggie |
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and Sam McNichols; to her cousin, Juliet McNichols; to her |
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great-aunt and -uncle, Cynthia and Peter Sullivan, and their |
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children; to her godparents, Emily and William Bellomy; and to her |
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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 this |
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day, it do so in memory of Mary Stevens. |