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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Gladys Faye Avitts |
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Stone of Longview were deeply saddened by her death on July 23, |
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2024, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Hazard, Kentucky, the former Gladys |
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Avitts was born to Lester and Abby Brown Avitts on July 16, 1939, |
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and grew up sharing in the companionship of 11 siblings; she and her |
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family moved to Texas when she was 12 years old, and after |
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graduating from Friendswood High School in 1958, she attended |
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Friends Bible College in Kansas, where she excelled at tennis; and |
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WHEREAS, Following college, Mrs. Stone returned to Texas and |
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worked as a respiratory therapist at East Texas Chest Hospital in |
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Tyler; she was active in her community over the years, serving as a |
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Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star and as a delegate to a |
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number of Republican conventions; moreover, she was a valued member |
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of her church and enjoyed singing in the choir; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Stone benefited from the |
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love and support of her husband, Glenn, with whom she shared a |
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rewarding marriage that spanned 63 years; she was the proud mother |
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of two sons, Glenn and Charles, and she was further blessed with |
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four grandchildren, Mason, Lauren, Charles, and the late Amanda |
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Stone, and six great-grandchildren, Maci, Kayleigh, Myles, |
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Spencer, Maverick, and Daisy Faye; during her leisure hours, she |
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took pleasure in spending time outdoors and at the lake; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Gladys Stone is greatly missed, those who |
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held her dear will forever remember the warmth and kindness she |
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brought into their lives; 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 memory of Gladys Faye Avitts Stone and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Glenn R. Stone Sr.; to her sons, Glenn Stone Jr. and his |
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wife, Mary Kay, and Charles Stone and his wife, Felesha; to her |
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grandchildren, Mason Stone and his wife, Tausha, Lauren Stone |
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Watkins and her husband, Levi, and Charles Dalton Stone; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Maci, Kayleigh, Myles, and Spencer Stone and |
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Maverick and Daisy Faye Stone Watkins; and to her other relatives |
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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 Gladys Stone. |