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R E S O L U T I O N
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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 De Kalb |
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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 son, |
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Gregory, and a daughter, Tina; once the children were grown, the |
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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 she |
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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 89th Texas Legislature, 2nd |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Ida Mae Barrett |
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McMillan and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her husband, Floyd McMillan; to her daughter, Tina Wheeler, and |
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her husband, Keith; to her grandchildren, Matthew Wheeler and his |
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wife, Brittany, and Sarah Thompson and her husband, Jake; to her |
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brother, Dale Barrett; to her sister-in-law, Norma Barrett; and to |
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her many 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Ida McMillan. |