H.R. No. 1031

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their
	memories of Mary Helen VanDeaver of Clarksville, who passed away on
	March 27, 2025, at the age of 93; and
	WHEREAS, The daughter of Bonnie Bell Meeks Rodgers, the
	former Mary Helen Meeks was born in Paris, Texas, on December 27,
	1931, and she grew up with a sister, Dorothy; she was joined in
	matrimony to Charles L. VanDeaver on October 13, 1954, in a
	ceremony conducted in Dallas; the couple resided in Navasota before
	moving to Clarksville in 1963; they were blessed with three
	children, Tommy, Gary, and Renea; and
	WHEREAS, While devoting herself to her home and family,
	Mrs. VanDeaver also used her gifts as a seamstress, making clothes
	for her family, herself, and many other women in the community; she
	eventually became the proprietor of VanDeaver Draperies, a popular
	service for window treatments, and she later owned and operated
	Mary Helen's dress shop; a marvelous cook, she loved to entertain
	and to prepare food for events at First Baptist Church, where she
	and her husband were longtime active members; she served the
	congregation in numerous other capacities, and she was a member of
	the Order of the Eastern Star; and
	WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. VanDeaver's treasured
	family grew to include 6 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;
	she and her husband shared a fulfilling relationship of 52 years
	until his passing in 2007; and
	WHEREAS, Mary Helen VanDeaver lived a full and generous life
	surrounded by those she loved, and they will forever carry her close
	in their hearts; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Helen
	VanDeaver and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family:
	to her children, Tommy VanDeaver and his wife, Linda, Gary
	VanDeaver and his wife, Pam, and Renea Thomas and her husband, Ken;
	to her grandchildren, Jody and Heath VanDeaver, Kacey Launius,
	Sarah Curtis, Melanie Mullins, and Katelyn Fibich; to her
	great-grandchildren, Chloe, Camden, Wesley, Lawson, Ian, Abigail,
	Loralie, and Zayleigh VanDeaver, Jake and Lydia Curtis, Evian
	Pirtle, Clara, Suzanna, and Nevill Launius, and Eleanor Mullins;
	and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary Helen
	VanDeaver.
	Landgraf
	González of El Paso
	Metcalf
	Phelan
	Meyer
	Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw
	Alders Guillen Morgan
	Allen Harless Muñoz
	Anchía Harris Noble
	Ashby Harris Davila Olcott
	Barry Harrison Oliverson
	Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz
	Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr
	Bernal Hernandez Patterson
	Bhojani Hickland Paul
	Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso
	Bowers Holt Perez of Harris
	Bryant Hopper Phelan
	Buckley Howard Pierson
	Bucy Hull Plesa
	Bumgarner Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Cain Johnson Richardson
	Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos
	Canales Jones of Harris Romero
	Capriglione Kerwin Rose
	Cole King Rosenthal
	Collier Kitzman Schatzline
	Cook LaHood Schofield
	Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft
	Craddick Lambert Shaheen
	Cunningham Landgraf Shofner
	Curry Leach Simmons
	Darby Leo Wilson Slawson
	A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee
	Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller
	Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson
	DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico
	Dorazio Louderback Tepper
	Dutton Lowe Thompson
	Dyson Lozano Tinderholt
	Fairly Lujan Toth
	Flores Luther Troxclair
	Frank Manuel Turner
	Gámez Martinez VanDeaver
	Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut
	Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos
	Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell
	Gates Metcalf Vo
	Gerdes Meyer Walle
	Geren Meza Ward Johnson
	Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton
	González of Dallas Moody Wilson
	González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu
	Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1031 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on May 9, 2025.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House