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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Patricia Jung Williams of Willow Park on January 18, |
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2025, at the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Patty Jung was born on August 10, 1957, to |
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Hermann and Kitty Jung in Ottawa, Canada, where her family resided |
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after emigrating from Germany; the Jung family eventually moved to |
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Fort Worth and became U.S. citizens, and she graduated from |
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Arlington Heights High School, which later named her a |
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distinguished graduate; she subsequently earned a bachelor's |
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degree in business from Austin College; and |
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WHEREAS, Early in her career, Mrs. Williams worked in the |
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hotel hospitality business at Green Oaks Inn in Fort Worth before |
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becoming a sales manager for Hyatt Hotels and the director of sales |
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for state associations for Amfac Hotels at Dallas Fort Worth |
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International Airport; she achieved great success after joining the |
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executive team of Roger Williams Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram SRT in |
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Weatherford, a dealership owned by her husband, U.S. Congressman |
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Roger Williams; the couple shared 41 years of marriage and took |
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great joy in welcoming their two daughters, J. J. and Sabrina, into |
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the business as managing partners; later in life, they were further |
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blessed with two grandchildren, Clara and Emmy; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1995, Mrs. Williams was appointed by Governor |
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George W. Bush to the Texas Automobile Theft Prevention Authority, |
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and she was later elected as its first female chair; she was |
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appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as a public member and |
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director of the State Bar of Texas in 2002; among the many other |
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organizations that benefited from her involvement were the Better |
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Business Bureau of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the Fort Worth |
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Chamber of Commerce, the Tarrant Area Food Bank, Texas Women for the |
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Arts, and the Austin College President's Council, and she was also |
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active in her congregation at Willow Park Baptist Church; over the |
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years, she received a number of honors, which included being named |
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the Most Influential Businesswoman of the Year by the Fort Worth |
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Business Press in 1997; and |
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WHEREAS, Patty Williams was a devoted wife and mother, an |
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accomplished business leader, and a model of civic engagement, and |
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she leaves behind a record of service and success that her loved |
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ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Patricia Jung Williams and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband, the |
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Honorable Roger Williams; to her children, Jaclyn Williams |
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Contreras and her husband, Eric, and Sabrina Williams Speirs and |
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her husband, Jesse; to her grandchildren, Clara Contreras and Emmy |
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Mac Speirs; to her sister, Susan Davis, and her husband, Greg; and |
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to 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 Patty Williams. |