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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 Patricia Haney Parks of Longview on April 5, 2025, at the |
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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 Methodist |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Parks drew strength from |
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the rewarding marriage that she shared with her husband, Lyndon |
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Parks, and she took great pride in her children, Kimberly, Keisha, |
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Keith, and Kyle, and her stepchildren, Lysa and Lance; with the |
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passing years, she had the pleasure of seeing her family grow to |
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include six grandchildren, Jacob, Lyndon, Joseph, James, Morgan, |
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and Hanna; and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to share in this treasured |
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woman's love and friendship will always remember her with great |
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admiration and affection; 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 life of Patricia Haney |
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Parks and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, Lyndon Parks; to her daughters, Kimberly Ann Johnson |
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and Keisha Thomas DiGiovanni and her husband, Marcel; to her |
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stepchildren, Lysa Parks and Lance Parks and his wife, Connie; to |
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her grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Patricia Parks. |