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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Barbara Leonard Hayes of Sherman on April 6, 2025, at the |
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age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Tom, Oklahoma, on July 8, 1937, the former |
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Barbara Leonard was adopted by Lena Noll Leonard and |
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John B. Leonard on August 11, 1949; she graduated from Durant High |
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School and went on to earn her bachelor's degree in education at the |
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University of Oklahoma, where she joined Delta Delta Delta |
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Sorority; while employed as a flight attendant for American |
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Airlines, she was based in Chicago, and her photo appeared in the |
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World Book Encyclopedia as an illustration for her profession; soon |
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after moving to Sherman, she began her career in elementary |
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education with the city's school district; a woman of many skills |
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and interests, she also worked as a realtor and owned a 700-acre |
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farm in Missouri; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Stanley Joe Hayes on June 11, 1960, and |
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they became the parents of three children, John, Susan, and Joel; |
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dedicated to her family and community, she served as a Cub Scout |
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leader and den mother and as president of the PTA at Wakefield |
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Elementary; she was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and |
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instilled in her children the importance of faith; she also passed |
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along her love of animals and her zest for travel and adventure; |
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wise and deeply empathetic, she taught her children and |
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grandchildren countless valuable life lessons, including how to |
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stay strong in the face of hardship; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Mrs. Hayes benefited her fellow |
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residents through her efforts in behalf of many civic and |
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charitable organizations; she was a member of P.E.O. and Sherman |
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Community Players and a life member of Tanglewood Country Club and |
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of Woodlawn Country Club, where she was a gin rummy champion; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Barbara Hayes is deeply missed by those she |
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left behind, the passage of time will never diminish the joy and |
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love she 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 Barbara Leonard Hayes and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Susan Hayes Fletcher and her husband, Brian, and Joel Graham Hayes |
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and his wife, Jackie; to her grandchildren, Joel, Alex, Morgan, |
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Alexis, and Patrick; to her great-granddaughter, Bella; and to her |
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many other relatives 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 Barbara Hayes. |