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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 Mary Kathryn Jacobe of Houston, who was tragically |
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lost in the July 4, 2025, flooding in Kerr County at the age of |
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eight; and |
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WHEREAS, A fifth-generation Houstonian, Mary Kate was born to |
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Samantha and Christopher Jacobe on October 27, 2016; she was best |
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friends with her older brother, Russel, and she cherished her |
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puppies, Rex and Pickles; the baby of the family, she was doted on |
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by her grandparents, Russel and Brenda Jacobe and Richard and |
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Kathryn Jordan, as well as by her aunts, uncles, and cousins; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Kate attended St. Martin's Episcopal Preschool |
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and subsequently enrolled at The Fay School from kindergarten |
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through second grade; possessing a confidence and wisdom beyond her |
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years, she was a friend to all, and her loyalty and kindness knew no |
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bounds; feisty and charming by equal measures, she possessed a |
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determination that heralded a bright future, and her ever-evolving |
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list of potential occupations included those of doctor, singer, |
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actress, and artist; and |
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WHEREAS, Although it is immeasurably painful to lose someone |
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so young and full of promise, those left behind may find comfort in |
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knowing that their lives have been forever enriched by the joyful |
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times that they shared with this beloved child; now, therefore, be |
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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 Mary Kathryn Jacobe and extend heartfelt condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Samantha Jordan Jacobe and |
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Christopher Craig Jacobe; to her brother, Russel Lee Jacobe; to her |
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grandparents, Brenda Craig Jacobe and Richard Jordan; to her aunts |
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and uncles, Dr. Russel Lee Jacobe III and his wife, Heidi, Michael |
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Copeman Jacobe and his wife, Mindy, Janice Jacobe Davis and her |
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husband, Clark, Jon Paul Jordan and his wife, Tamara, and Justin |
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Jordan and his wife, Maggie; to her cousins, Peyton, Reid, Sydney, |
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and Jack Jacobe, Jacobe, Clark, and Cornelia Davis, and J.P., |
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Kathryn, Josh, Lizzy, and Jaden Jordan; and to her other relatives |
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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 Mary Kate |
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Jacobe. |