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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life lived with joy and purpose drew to a close |
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with the passing of Virginia Lee Douglas Wilson of Winnsboro on |
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October 18, 2024, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Virginia Matilda Brumley Douglas and |
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Edgar Howard Douglas Jr., the former Virginia Douglas was born in |
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Dallas on November 20, 1936, and grew up with the companionship of |
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six siblings, Ruth, Billy Paul, Linda, Dorothy Jean, Carolyn, and |
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James Howard; she spent her youth in the Old Cypress community and |
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graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1955, where she played |
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basketball and participated in pep squad and Future Homemakers of |
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America; after earning her degree from the Tyler School of |
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Business, she worked as the secretary to the president of Jarvis |
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Christian College and as a receptionist for Starnes Animal Clinic, |
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and she eventually started her own cleaning service business; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Wilson enjoyed the love |
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and support of her husband, Marice Densal Wilson, with whom she |
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shared a rewarding union of 65 years until his passing in 2021; she |
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took great pride in their three children, Ray, Ronny, and Robin, and |
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through the years, their cherished family grew to include 8 |
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grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; her greatest delight was |
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spending time with her loved ones and watching them participate in |
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activities; she also took pleasure in reading and caring for |
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animals, and each year she and her husband looked forward to |
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portraying Santa and Mrs. Claus during the Christmas season; and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to share in this treasured |
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woman's love and friendship will always remember her with great |
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tenderness and affection; 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 Virginia Lee Douglas Wilson and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Ray Wilson and his wife, Terri, Ronny Wilson and his wife, |
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Karla, and Robin Wilson; to her siblings, Ruth Thomas, Billy Paul |
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Douglas and his wife, Doylene, and Linda Smith and her husband, |
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Jimmy; to her grandchildren, Timothy Wilson and his wife, Jacie, |
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Benjamin Wilson and his wife, Brandy, Aaron Wilson and his wife, |
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Alisha, Sean Wilson and his wife, Lezlea, Jacquelyn Wilson Younger |
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and her husband, Tyce, Claire Wilson Crawford and her husband, |
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Joshua, Abigail Wilson Troell and her husband, Hunter, and Peyton |
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Wilson; to her 15 great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives |
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and many 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 Virginia Wilson. |