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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Jennifer Joy Mattingly of Round Rock, who passed away on |
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August 31, 2024, at the age of 66; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Joan Kitson Mattingly and Joseph |
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Francis Mattingly, Jennifer Mattingly was born in Louisville, |
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Kentucky, on June 7, 1958, and she grew up with the companionship of |
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two sisters, Janlyn and Jonna; after graduating early from |
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Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts, she attended The |
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University of Texas at Austin and earned her bachelor's degree in |
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1979 and her law degree in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Mattingly started her own practice in northwest |
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Austin in 1983, and she specialized in estate law, business |
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formation, landlord/tenant law, real estate and leases, elder care, |
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and general contracts; active in her community, she served as |
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Williamson County Precinct 1 justice of the peace from 1988 to 1990, |
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and she became involved in the City of Hutto Planning and Zoning |
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Commission in 1991 and was chair from 2000 to 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Mattingly was a lifelong supporter of the |
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Democratic Party and a staunch advocate for civil rights, equality, |
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justice, and women's rights; she held leadership positions within |
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numerous organizations, including the Williamson County Democratic |
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Party, which she served as county chair and precinct 482 chair; in |
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addition, she was among the honored guests at President Bill |
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Clinton's 1993 inauguration as a Texas delegate, and she most |
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recently was a delegate to the 2024 Texas Democratic Convention; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, Ms. Mattingly benefited |
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from the love and support of her husband, Craig Matthews, with whom |
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she shared a fulfilling relationship that spanned more than two and |
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a half decades, and her life was further enriched by her nephews, |
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Max, Jeremy, Kitson, and Jack, and her great-niece, Julianna; in |
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her leisure time, she enjoyed writing short stories, screenplays, |
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novels, and songs, as well as painting, bird-watching, and spending |
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time outdoors; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Jennifer Mattingly brings great |
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sadness to her family and friends, she leaves behind a legacy that |
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will long be treasured by all those who held her dear; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jennifer Joy |
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Mattingly and extend sincere condolences to her loved ones; and, be |
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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 Jennifer |
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Mattingly. |