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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 84
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In Memory |
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Rebecca Wells |
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Rebecca Wells of Linden on |
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July 25, 2025, at the age of 49, has brought profound sorrow to |
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her family, friends, and colleagues; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on February 16, 1976, in Williamsport, |
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Pennsylvania, the former Rebecca Ramirez was the daughter of |
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Richard and Jacqueline Ramirez; while she was a student at Texas |
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A&M University, she worked for the Texas Department of |
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Transportation; she graduated from A&M with a civil engineering |
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degree in 1998 and obtained licensure as a professional engineer; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In 2001, Mrs. Wells embarked on a rewarding |
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full-time career with TxDOT; early in her tenure, she began |
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focusing on system safety, and in 2005, she became involved with |
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projects that researched such issues as curve-related crashes |
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and vehicle detectors for high-speed intersections; she was |
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named director of transportation operations for the Atlanta |
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District in 2018, and four years later, she was promoted to |
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district engineer; and |
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WHEREAS, Demonstrating a deep commitment to highway |
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safety, Mrs. Wells piloted several improvements in the Atlanta |
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District that today are recognized as statewide standards; among |
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them are the use of prefabricated rumble strips for seal coat |
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pavements and the widening of pavement striping to help reduce |
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crashes; Mrs. Wells also installed the state's first |
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intersection conflict monitoring system, oversaw the rewriting |
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of the TxDOT speed design manual, and lent her expertise to three |
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program panels; |
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additionally, she belonged to the TxDOT Council on System Safety, |
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and she worked to reduce roadway fatalities as a member of a Texas |
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Transportation Commission safety task force composed of |
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representatives from TxDOT and the state's metropolitan planning |
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organizations; over the course of a career spanning nearly a |
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quarter century, she earned a reputation for her visionary |
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leadership, her intelligence, and her ability to bring people |
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together; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Wells was blessed with |
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the love and support of her husband, Kyle Wells, with whom she |
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shared a fulfilling marriage of nearly three decades; she took great |
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pride in their two children, Kayden and Kendall, and she embraced |
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time spent with her family, finding joy in relaxing at their beach |
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house, paddleboarding on the lake, and sharing laughter around the |
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dinner table; her radiant smile could light up a room, and she |
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adored her dogs, Koda and Maggie Mae; a woman of faith, she was an |
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active member of First Baptist Church, where she mentored youth; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her strength, generosity, and vibrant |
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spirit, Rebecca Wells lived a caring and purposeful life, and her |
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devotion to her family and to the communities she served in her |
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professional career left a lasting impression on all who were |
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privileged to know her; 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 memory |
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of Rebecca Wells and extend heartfelt condolences to the members |
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of her family: to her husband, Kyle Wells; to her daughters, |
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Kayden Kendrick and her husband, Kyle, and Kendall Wells; to her |
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parents, Richard Ramirez Sr. and Jacqueline Ramirez; to her |
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mother-in-law, Linda Wells; to her siblings, Richard Ramirez Jr. |
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and Kristy Ramirez; to her brother-in-law, Kerry Wells, and his |
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wife, Erin; to her nieces and nephews, Asher, Alayna, and Breckin |
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Wells, Hunter Ramirez and his wife, Molly, and Haven and Lucas |
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Ramirez; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Rebecca Wells. |
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Hughes |
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________________________________ |
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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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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |