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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the passing of Chloe Madeline Childress of Houston, who was |
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tragically lost in the July 4, 2025, flooding in Kerr County; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Wendie and Matthew Childress, Chloe |
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Childress was born on October 3, 2006, and she enjoyed the |
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companionship of her brother, Jack; she was 18 years old at the time |
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of her passing; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of The Kinkaid School in Houston, |
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Ms. Childress was an exceptional student and a leader among her |
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peers; during her time in high school, she served as co-president of |
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the Honor Council, and she was a member of the Student Wellbeing |
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Advisory Board, Model United Nations, Psychology Club, One Love |
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Club, Young Alumni Committee, Kinkaid Young Life, the National |
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Chinese Honor Society, and the Leadership Honors Program; she |
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further distinguished herself as a dedicated athlete on the cross |
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country, cheerleading, lacrosse, and tennis teams; and |
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WHEREAS, Among her many achievements, Ms. Childress was |
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recognized through the Visual and Performing Arts Honors Program in |
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Photography, and she received multiple Scholastic Arts and Writing |
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Awards; she hoped to one day become a doctor, and she completed a |
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number of medical internships and attended the Vanderbilt Summer |
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Academy for gifted students; she was recently accepted to The |
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University of Texas at Austin, where she planned to follow a pre-med |
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track; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Childress was the founder of the Love Our Senior |
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Citizens Club at The Kinkaid School, and she further served her |
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community by volunteering with The Brookwood Community, the Houston |
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Food Bank, Memorial Park Conservatory, and the Leukemia and |
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Lymphoma Society; in addition, she attended Camp Mystic in Hunt for |
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10 consecutive years, and this past summer, she enthusiastically |
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returned to the camp as a counselor; she spent her final days there |
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caring for the young campers; and |
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WHEREAS, Chloe Childress set an inspiring example through the |
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passion, determination, and joyful spirit that she brought to her |
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every endeavor, and although tragedy has deprived the world of her |
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promise, she will forever hold a special place in the hearts of |
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those she leaves behind; 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 Chloe Madeline Childress and extend heartfelt sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Wendie Seale Childress and |
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Matthew Benton Childress; to her brother, John "Jack" Oxford |
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Childress; to her maternal grandparents, Joan and James Seale; to |
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her paternal grandparents, Cile and Chuck Childress; and to her |
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other relatives and many 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Chloe |
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Childress. |