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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Janet Anderson Creasman of Tyler passed away on |
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January 15, 2025, at the age of 83, leaving behind a wide circle of |
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loved ones to cherish her memory; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Asheville, North Carolina, the former |
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Janet Anderson was born on September 26, 1941, to Dr. John Bascom |
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Anderson and Maude Nanney Anderson; after graduating from Lee |
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Edwards High School in Asheville, she earned a degree in elementary |
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education at the University of Tennessee; while at college, she met |
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her future husband, Donald Reid Creasman, and the pair went on to |
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exchange wedding vows on September 7, 1963; they shared a |
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remarkable 50 years of marriage and raised three children, Scott, |
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Kelly, and Ashley; and |
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WHEREAS, After working as an elementary and preschool |
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teacher, Mrs. Creasman devoted herself full-time to her home and |
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children; the family relocated several times due to Mr. Creasman's |
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career, and they eventually settled in Tyler in 1977; when her |
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children were grown, Mrs. Creasman returned to work part-time at |
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the Brookshire's World of Wildlife Museum & Country Store; she |
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enthusiastically supported her husband, children, and |
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grandchildren in all their endeavors, and later in life, she |
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embraced her role as a great-grandmother as well; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Creasman was a woman of strong faith, and she |
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was an active member of Green Acres Baptist Church and the Bridge |
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Builders Sunday school class; in addition, she found time to |
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volunteer with the Junior League of Tyler, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, |
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and the Women's Symphony League of Tyler; outside of her volunteer |
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commitments and her time with family, she surrounded herself with |
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many dear friends, and she endeared herself readily to others with |
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her caring and cheerful nature; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, |
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Janet Creasman will be deeply missed, and those who held her dear |
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will forever remember the joy and happiness she brought into their |
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lives; 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 Janet Anderson |
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Creasman and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Scott Creasman and his wife, Lauren, Kelly |
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Buckner and her husband, Jason, and Ashley Odom and her husband, |
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Chris; to her grandchildren, Dr. Elisabeth Barnhart, Kristy Burns, |
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Michelle McMeans, Lindsay Creasman, Holden, Hunter, and Blake |
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Buckner, and Austin, Allison, and Abigail Odom; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Hailey, Madison, and Isabelle; to her |
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siblings, Mary Sue Temple and her husband, John, and J. B. Anderson |
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Jr. and his wife, Cathie; and to her other relatives and many |
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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 Janet Creasman. |