SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 559
	In Memory
	of
	Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
	commemorates the life of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos, who died
	May 9, 2025, at the age of 83; and
	WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was born in Laredo on March 14, 1942;
	after completing high school at Ursuline Academy, she became the
	first in her family to earn a college degree in 1962, when she
	earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Incarnate Word
	College; and
	WHEREAS, Maria Teresa embarked on a successful and
	rewarding career teaching mathematics and science at Ursuline
	Academy, and she made a lasting impact on the lives of many
	students she taught at Ursuline Academy, Martin High School, and
	Laredo Junior College; and
	WHEREAS, Maria Teresa shared a loving union of nearly sixty
	years with Jesus Guadalupe Cavazos Fernandez; she was blessed
	with four children, Jesus Cavazos Jr., and Maria Teresa, Leticia
	del Carmen, and Patricia Isabel Cavazos Flores, and she was the
	devoted "Tita" to her grandchildren, Natalia and Zoe Cavazos
	Silva and Viviana and Cesar Garza Cavazos; and
	WHEREAS, Maria Teresa found a warm and welcoming community
	in Monterrey, Mexico, and she gave generously of her time to her
	local garden and Rotary clubs; she helped to support many area
	priests and nuns and was honored to help establish her church,
	Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles, where she served in numerous
	ministry groups and as a lector and Eucharistic minister; and
	WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was a skilled gardener, a consummate
	hostess, and a talented and creative artist, seamstress, and
	chef; she was a beloved matriarch and a cherished member of the
	community, and she will long be remembered with admiration and
	appreciation by all who were privileged to share in her life;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th
	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
	family of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
	Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
	memory of Maria Teresa Cavazos.
	Zaffirini
	Alvarado Hagenbuch Menéndez
	Bettencourt Hall Middleton
	Birdwell Hancock Miles
	Blanco Hinojosa of Hidalgo Nichols
	Campbell Hinojosa of Nueces Parker
	Cook Huffman Paxton
	Creighton Hughes Perry
	Eckhardt Johnson Schwertner
	Flores King Sparks
	Gutierrez Kolkhorst West
	Patrick, President of the Senate
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on May 28, 2025, by a
		rising vote.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate