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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately convey the profound sense of |
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loss felt by the family and friends of Lila James Bonner of Dallas, |
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who passed away on July 4, 2025, at the age of nine; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 26, 2016, Lila Bonner was the cherished |
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daughter of Blake and Caitlin Bonner, and she was an amazing role |
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model for her two younger sisters, Scarlett and Wynn; her circle of |
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love and support included her grandparents and her |
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great-grandmother, and she attended Saint Michael and All Angels |
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Episcopal Church with her family; and |
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WHEREAS, A proud Bronco at John S. Bradfield Elementary |
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School, Lila effortlessly made friends, and she endeared herself to |
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her classmates and teachers with her infectious sweetness and warm, |
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heartfelt hugs; she discovered her natural talent for sports at the |
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neighborhood YMCA, and she went on to excel as the goalie for the |
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Highland Park Scots Club soccer team; she was also actively |
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involved in piano and dance; and |
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WHEREAS, Lila loved animals, and she spent countless hours |
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watching the television shows Animal Rescue and Animal ER, |
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envisioning a future as a veterinarian; to honor her legacy, her |
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family has established Lila's Light, a foundation that will support |
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animal rescue; possessed of a kind and gentle spirit, Lila left an |
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indelible mark on all who knew her, and her tragic passing in the |
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Hill Country floods has inspired an outpouring of prayers and |
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sympathy from the community at large; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her time on this earth was far too brief, |
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Lila Bonner was a ray of light in the lives of those who held her |
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dear, and they will forever treasure the abundant happiness that |
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she brought to them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Lila James Bonner and extend deepest condolences to the members |
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of her family: to her parents, Blake and Caitlin Bonner; to her |
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sisters, Scarlett and Wynn Bonner; to her grandparents, Blake and |
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Kathy Bonner; to her great-grandmother, Lila Lynn Murphy; to her |
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aunts and uncles, Monica and Newton Hopkins and Ashley and William |
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Bonner; to her uncle, Will Christopher; to her aunt, Courtney |
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Bonner; to her cousins, Rafe and Sims Hopkins and Baker Bonner; to |
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her godparents; and to her many 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lila |
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Bonner. |