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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 by |
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the family and friends of Kellyanne Elizabeth Lytal of San Antonio, |
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who was tragically lost in the July 4, 2025, flooding in |
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Kerr County; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Malorie and James Lytal, Kellyanne |
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Lytal was born in Houston on May 25, 2017, and she was eight years |
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old at the time of her passing; she shared a strong bond with her |
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younger sister, Emmalynn, and she benefited from the love and |
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support of an extended family that included her grandparents, |
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aunts, uncles, cousins, and godparents; and |
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WHEREAS, Kellyanne was a student at Cambridge Elementary |
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School, where she excelled academically and was recognized with the |
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Cambridge PTO Excellence Award; her charismatic personality and her |
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welcoming nature made an impression on her teachers and classmates, |
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and she demonstrated her kindness by helping others; she dreamed of |
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becoming an Alamo Heights High School cheerleader, and she hoped to |
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one day attend The University of Texas at Austin and join Kappa |
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Kappa Gamma Sorority; and |
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WHEREAS, Outside of school, Kellyanne was involved in Girl |
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Scouts, and she enjoyed such activities as roller blading, playing |
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softball and soccer, and participating in gymnastics; she also had |
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a passion for singing and dancing, sewing, and fashion, and she |
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spent many happy hours shopping with her mother, playing sports |
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with her father, and being silly with her sister; moreover, |
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Kellyanne's faith played an important role in her life, and she took |
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pleasure in reading Bible stories and attending Sunday school; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her time on this earth was far too brief, |
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Kellyanne Lytal was a ray of light in the lives of those who held her |
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dear, and they will never forget the joy, laughter, and love that |
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she shared with 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 Kellyanne Elizabeth Lytal and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Malorie Liljenwall Lytal and |
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James Wade Lytal; to her sister, Emmalynn Grace Lytal; to her |
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grandparents, Laurie and Paul Tyler, Mary Beth and James Lytal, and |
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Becky Liljenwall; to her godparents, Lauren and Landon Ludwick; and |
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to her other 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Kellyanne |
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Lytal. |