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R E S O L U T I O N
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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 |
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is marking this momentous milestone in her life on August 30, 2025; |
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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; |
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she grew up with an older sister, Regina, and her mother instilled |
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in her daughters a love of reading by taking them to the library |
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every other weekend; in the summers, she pitched in on her uncle's |
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farm and enjoyed fishing at the family cabin in the mountains of New |
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Mexico; she got engaged to her high school sweetheart, Leon Frank |
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Holland, and when he was deployed to the Pacific Theater during |
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World War II, she joined her sister on the West Coast to wait for |
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him; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Holland married in San Francisco in |
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1945 and then settled in Lubbock, where they completed their |
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degrees at Texas Tech University; Mrs. Holland was employed in the |
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university's library and assisted in the establishment of its |
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Southwest Collection, and the experience sparked her passion for |
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library science; while raising three children, David, Ginger, and |
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Melissa, Mrs. Holland devoted herself to her family and supported |
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her husband in his career; in 1974, they moved to the Dallas area, |
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and Mrs. Holland joined the staff of the Plano Independent School |
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District; as the area grew rapidly, she helped open libraries at |
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five new campuses; following the tragic loss of their youngest |
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daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Holland moved to the Holly Lake Ranch |
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community in East Texas; she founded the Holly Tree Library as a |
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resource for local schools and as a gathering place for the |
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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 |
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full-functioning 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 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate Adelle Marie Bentley Holland on the joyous |
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occasion of her 100th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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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 by the |
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Texas Senate. |