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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the |
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passing of Dorothy J. Haggard of Hooks on June 26, 2025, at the age |
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of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Dorothy Murphy was born in Emmet, |
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Arkansas, on August 19, 1933, and her family included her parents |
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and stepparents, Ben and Lillian Murphy and Annie and Curtis |
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Daugherty, as well as five siblings, Jimmy Dale, Willard, Benny, |
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Johnny, and Cheryl; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted wife and mother, she shared 64 happy years |
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of marriage with her husband, John E. Haggard, before his passing in |
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2016; she took great pride in her children, Debbie and Randy, and |
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she was preceded in death by an infant son, the late John Michael |
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Haggard; with the passage of time, she had the pleasure of welcoming |
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into her family a grandson, Johnathan; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Haggard lost her eyesight in 1997, but despite |
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the challenges she faced, she remained steadfast in her faith, and |
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she was a valued member of First Assembly of God in Hooks; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Dorothy Haggard |
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will remember the way she touched their lives with her quick wit and |
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delightful sense of humor, and she will forever hold a treasured |
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place in their hearts; 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 Dorothy J. |
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Haggard and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her daughter, Debbie MacLure, and her husband, Ron; to her son, |
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Randy Haggard; to her grandson, Johnathan Haggard, and his wife, |
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Autumn; to her brothers, Benny Murphy and his wife, Dee, and Johnny |
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Murphy and his wife, Frieda; to her sister, Cheryl Underwood; and to |
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her other relatives and many 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 Dorothy Haggard. |