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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 nine-year-old Ellen Elizabeth Getten of Houston, who |
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was tragically lost in the July 4, 2025, flooding in Kerr County; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Jennifer Wilson Getten and Douglas |
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Vandever Getten, Ellen Getten was born in Houston on June 7, 2016, |
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and she was blessed with the companionship of an older sister, |
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Gwynne; she also benefited from the love and support of an extended |
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family that included her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and |
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godparents; and |
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WHEREAS, Ellen was a student at St. John's School, where she |
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looked forward to seeing her teachers and classmates each day; |
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outside of school, she played tennis, competed with the Mean Green |
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swim team, and enjoyed time spent with her friends from |
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St. Martin's Episcopal Church, The Church of St. John the Divine, |
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the Houston Country Club, Camp Mystic, and her neighborhood; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for her warm, heartfelt hugs, Ellen never met |
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a stranger; she loved to dance, and her favorite foods included |
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pasta with red sauce and gelato; she delighted in watching movies |
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and taking trips with her family, and most of all, she enjoyed |
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playing Roblox with her sister, who was her biggest cheerleader and |
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best friend; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her time on this earth was far too brief, |
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Ellen Getten 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 Ellen Elizabeth Getten and extend deepest condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Jennie and Doug Getten; to |
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her sister, Gwynne Getten; to her grandparents, Jennifer and Trey |
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Wilson and Nancy and Tom Getten; to her aunts and uncles, Abbie and |
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Will Giraud, Walt Wilson, Megan and Ted Getten, and Liz and Chad |
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Atwood; to her cousins, Charlie and Lucy Giraud, Ella and Max |
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Getten, and Hobs, Lee, and Lucy Atwood; and to her many other |
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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 Ellen |
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Getten. |
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Johnson |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 141 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on September 3, 2025. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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