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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos of Monterrey, Mexico, on |
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May 9, 2025, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Francisco J. Flores Sr. and Maria |
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Ernestina Saldaña Flores, the former Maria Teresa Flores was born |
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in Laredo on March 14, 1942, and she grew up as the oldest of nine |
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siblings; after attending Ursuline Academy, she became the first |
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college graduate in her family, earning her bachelor's degree in |
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mathematics from Incarnate Word College; she went on to teach math |
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and science at Ursuline Academy, Laredo Junior College, and Laredo |
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Martin High School; and |
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WHEREAS, She married the love of her life, Jesus Cavazos, on |
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September 23, 1966, and their union was blessed with four children, |
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Jesus, Maria Teresa, Leticia, and Patricia, and four grandchildren; |
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known to many as "Mary T" or "Tita," she was also devoted to her |
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large extended family; after adopting Monterrey, Mexico, as her |
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home, she quickly added to her circle of friends; she was a talented |
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chef, baker, and hostess who enjoyed entertaining, as well as |
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painting, gardening, floral arranging, decorating, and |
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dressmaking; sustained by a strong faith, she helped establish her |
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church, Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles; she served as a |
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Eucharistic minister and lector and engaged in countless good |
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works, and she was a member of the Apostleship of the Cross and |
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Alliance of Love; moreover, she supported the civic endeavors of |
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the Garden and Rotary Clubs of Monterrey; and |
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WHEREAS, Although she will be deeply missed, the passage of |
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time will never diminish the joy and love that Maria Teresa Flores |
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Cavazos brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, therefore, |
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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 memory of Maria Teresa Flores |
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Cavazos and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, Jesus Guadalupe Cavazos Fernandez; to her |
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children, Jesus G. Cavazos Jr. and his wife, Fabiola Silva Drexel, |
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Maria Teresa Cavazos Flores, Leticia del Carmen Cavazos Flores, and |
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Patricia Isabel Cavazos Flores; to her grandchildren, Natalia |
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Cavazos Silva, Zoe Cavazos Silva, Viviana Garza Cavazos, and Cesar |
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Garza Cavazos; to her siblings, Jose Fernando Flores and his wife, |
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Elsa Maldonado Flores, Miguel Ignacio Flores and his wife, Barbara |
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Betts Flores, Maria Ernestina "Tina" Flores Jackson, Maria Angela |
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Flores Beck, Adela Isabel Flores, and State Representative Maria |
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Luisa "Lulu" Flores and her husband, Scott M. Hendler; and to her |
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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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Maria |
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Teresa Flores Cavazos. |