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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 63
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In Memory |
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Patricia Parks |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the |
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passing of Patricia Haney Parks of Longview on April 5, 2025, at |
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the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Lucille Marshman Haney and James |
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Curtis Haney, Patricia Parks was born on November 19, 1941, in |
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Harrisburg, Illinois; she attended Palestine High School and |
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continued her education at Henderson County Junior College; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Parks worked for the dean of engineering at |
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Texas A&M University early in her career, and after moving to |
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Longview, she went on to enjoy successful tenures with Vertex |
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Communications and Stemco; a woman of faith, she was a founding |
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member of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, and she was a valued |
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congregant of First Presbyterian Church and First United |
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Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Parks drew strength |
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from the rewarding marriage that she shared with her husband, |
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Lyndon Parks, and she took great pride in her children, Kimberly, |
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Keisha, Keith, and Kyle, and her stepchildren, Lysa and Lance; |
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with the passing years, she had the pleasure of seeing her family |
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grow to include six grandchildren, Jacob, Lyndon, Joseph, James, |
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Morgan, and Hanna; and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to share in this |
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treasured woman's love and friendship will always remember her |
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with great admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life |
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of Patricia Haney Parks and extend heartfelt sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her husband, Lyndon Parks; to her |
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daughters, Kimberly Ann Johnson and Keisha Thomas DiGiovanni and |
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her husband, Marcel; to her stepchildren, Lysa Parks and Lance |
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Parks and his wife, Connie; to her grandchildren; 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 |
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this day, it do so in memory of Patricia Parks. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on August 15, 2025, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |