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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 30
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In Memory |
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of |
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Ida McMillan |
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the passing of Ida Mae Barrett McMillan of |
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De Kalb on July 18, 2025, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Luke Barrett and Ida Shumake |
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Barrett, the former Ida Barrett was born in De Kalb on April 4, |
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1935; she grew up with four brothers, L. B., Morris, Benny, and |
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Dale, and four sisters, Vynetta, Ethel, Eva, and Ola Maude; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Floyd Edwin McMillan on June 18, 1955, |
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and they went on to enjoy seven decades together; they moved to |
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Dallas for employment, and Mrs. McMillan worked in the insurance |
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industry as a keypunch operator; the couple was blessed with a |
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son, Gregory, and a daughter, Tina; once the children were grown, |
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the McMillans returned to their hometown; and |
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WHEREAS, Sustained by a strong faith from an early age, |
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Mrs. McMillan served as a church pianist for most of her life, |
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having taught herself to play by ear; she enjoyed her church's ski |
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trips, as well as motorhome travel with her husband, her sister |
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Vynetta, and her brother-in-law Franklin; on her first cruise, in |
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celebration of her 50th wedding anniversary, Mrs. McMillan |
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developed a love of ocean voyages, and over the years, she and |
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Mr. McMillan visited Alaska, Canada, Boston, Maine, and the |
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Bahamas; she was also especially fond of her treasured dog, |
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Pebbles; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Ida McMillan is greatly missed by those |
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she left behind, they will continue to find inspiration in her deep |
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commitment to her family and her faith; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life |
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of Ida Mae Barrett McMillan and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her husband, Floyd McMillan; to her |
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daughter, Tina Wheeler, and her husband, Keith; to her |
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grandchildren, Matthew Wheeler and his wife, Brittany, and Sarah |
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Thompson and her husband, Jake; to her brother, Dale Barrett; to |
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her sister-in-law, Norma Barrett; and to her many other relatives |
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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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Ida McMillan. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on September 4, 2025, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |