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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Bonnalee Pell Asbury of Longview, who passed away on |
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August 8, 2025, at the age of 97; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 23, 1927, in Rockford, Illinois, to |
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William and Marjorie Pell, the former Bonnalee Pell grew up on a |
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farm with the companionship of her older brother, William; after |
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graduating from East Rockford High School in 1945, she earned an |
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associate's degree from Blackburn College in Carlinville in |
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May 1947; while there, she met the love of her life, James William |
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Asbury, with whom she exchanged wedding vows on May 29, 1948; and |
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WHEREAS, The newlyweds moved to Champagne, Illinois, where |
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Mrs. Asbury worked for Sullivan Chevrolet while her husband pursued |
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an engineering degree at the University of Illinois; in 1950, the |
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couple made their home in Hastings, Nebraska, and they went on to |
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raise four children in that community, William, Katherine, James, |
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and Thomas; Mr. Asbury's career subsequently took them to Longview |
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in 1983; she and her husband shared an extraordinary 72 years of |
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marriage until his passing in 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Asbury's cherished family |
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grew to include seven grandchildren, Brett, Tom, Jon, Ben, Kristen, |
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Evan, and Elizabeth, along with several great-grandchildren and |
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step-great-grandchildren; a woman of strong faith, she was an |
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active member of the First United Methodist Churches in both |
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Hastings and Longview, and she enjoyed taking part in Bible study |
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and prayer groups; she also found great fulfillment in |
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volunteering, and her favorite pastimes included traveling and |
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playing golf with her husband; and |
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WHEREAS, Bonnalee Asbury led a caring and purposeful life, |
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and her loss is keenly felt by all who were touched by her affection |
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and friendship; 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 memory of Bonnalee Pell |
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Asbury and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her children, William Asbury and his wife, Luanne, Katherine |
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Schnake and her husband, Marc, and James Asbury and his wife, Cathy; |
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to her grandchildren, Brett Asbury and his wife, Jen, Tom Asbury and |
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his wife, Keely, Jon Schnake, Ben Schnake and his wife, Jess, |
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Kristen Madsen and her husband, Craig, Evan Asbury and his wife, |
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Rachel, and Elizabeth Briggs and her husband, Thomas; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Will, Luca, Hudson, and Casey Asbury and |
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Genevieve and Annabelle Briggs; to her step-great-grandchildren, |
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Damon and Tucker Atkinson and Christian and Bowen Madsen; to her |
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brother, William Pell; and to her other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Bonnalee Asbury. |