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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 369
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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Adelle Marie Bentley Holland of Lubbock is |
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marking this momentous milestone in her life on August 30, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, An Amarillo native, the former Adelle Bentley was |
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born to Myrtle Ellen Vore Bentley and Lloyd Vain Bentley in 1925; she |
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grew up with an older sister, Regina, and her mother instilled in her |
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daughters a love of reading by taking them to the library every other |
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weekend; in the summers, she pitched in on her uncle's farm and |
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enjoyed fishing at the family cabin in the mountains of New Mexico; |
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she got engaged to her high school sweetheart, Leon Frank Holland, |
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and when he was deployed to the Pacific Theater during World War II, |
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she joined her sister on the West Coast to wait for him; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Holland married in San Francisco in 1945 |
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and then settled in Lubbock, where they completed their degrees at |
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Texas Tech University; Mrs. Holland was employed in the university's |
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library and assisted in the establishment of its Southwest |
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Collection, and the experience sparked her passion for library |
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science; while raising three children, David, Ginger, and Melissa, |
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Mrs. Holland devoted herself to her family and supported her husband |
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in his career; in 1974, they moved to the Dallas area, and Mrs. |
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Holland joined the staff of the Plano Independent School District; as |
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the area grew rapidly, she helped open libraries at five new |
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campuses; following the tragic loss of their youngest daughter, Mr. |
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and Mrs. Holland moved to the Holly Lake Ranch community in East |
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Texas; she founded the Holly Tree Library as a resource for local |
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schools and as a gathering place for the community; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Holland remained active in Holly Lake Ranch |
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after the passing of her husband in 1999; she served as the beloved |
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local librarian until the death of her son in 2014 prompted her |
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return to Lubbock; building on her long record of service, she then |
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transformed the reading room at Raider Ranch into a full-functioning |
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library, and she still works there today; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Adelle Holland has |
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enriched the lives of innumerable people, and her wisdom, |
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resilience, and dedication are a source of inspiration to all who |
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are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Adelle Marie Bentley Holland on |
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the joyous occasion of her 100th birthday and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Holland as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 7, 2025. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |