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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Glenda Joan Gordon Long of Kilgore on July 13, 2025, at |
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the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Gus and Lucille Coy Gordon, the |
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former Glenda Gordon was born in Longview on December 23, 1941, and |
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she enjoyed the companionship of four siblings, Charley, Wayne, |
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Terry, and Loy; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Long was the proud mother of two daughters, |
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Leslie and Gussie, and over the years, her cherished family grew to |
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include 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 3 |
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great-great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, A lifelong congregant of the Pentecostal Church, |
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Ms. Long grew up with a strong sense of community and spirituality; |
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a talented musician, she brought joy to those around her when she |
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played the piano; she also had a fondness for birds, and she took |
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pleasure in searching for unique finds at yard sales; 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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tenderness 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 memory of Glenda Joan |
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Gordon Long and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her dear companion, Frutoso Moreno; to her daughters, |
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Leslie Sowell and her husband, Anthony, and Gussie Perez; to her |
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brother, Charley Gordon, and his wife, Kathy; to her grandchildren, |
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Angela Olvera and her husband, Alex, Billy Huffman, Crystal Melim |
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and her husband, Robert, Brooke Duncan, Joanna Bellah and her |
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husband, Bradley, and Calelan Perez and her husband, Timothy; to |
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her great-grandchildren, Shy Taylor, Ricky Pineda, Kylee and Mila |
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Olvera, Ava, Kennedy, and Easton Melim, and Laney, Nathan, and |
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Haley Duncan; to her great-great-grandchildren; and to her other |
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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 Glenda Long. |