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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 665
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In Memory |
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of |
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Frances Lemons |
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Frances Joyce Lemons |
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of Quitman were deeply saddened by her death on May 10, 2025, at |
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the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Cullen Chester Wheeler and Coye |
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Dunham Wheeler, the former Frances Wheeler was born on June 11, |
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1947, in Houston; she grew up with the companionship of six |
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siblings and spent much of her early life in Cartwright; a member |
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of the Quitman High School Class of 1965, she had a fulfilling |
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career in health care, working for many years at the Quitman |
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Nursing Home as a certified nursing assistant; she later earned a |
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medication aide license and provided in-home care, including for |
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family members; she retired in 2012, following more than four |
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decades of dedicated service; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Lemons was the proud mother of a daughter, |
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Rhonda; she loved spending time with her family and attending the |
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extracurricular events of her four grandchildren and eight |
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great-grandchildren; in her free time, she enjoyed watching |
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Western movies, game shows, and baseball and assembling jigsaw |
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puzzles; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her warmth, compassion, and |
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generosity, Frances Lemons brightened the world for all who knew |
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her, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Frances Joyce |
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Lemons and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her daughter, Rhonda Renee Lemons Browning; to her |
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grandchildren, Miranda Browning, Sara Browning-Miller, Noah |
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Browning, and Allison Browning; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Ethan, Olivia, Copeland, Aurora, Ariel, Harley, Walker, and |
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Krew; to her siblings, James, Cora, Katherine, and Janice; and to |
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all others who mourn her passing; 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 |
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this day, it do so in memory of Frances Lemons. |
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Hughes |
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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 May 31, 2025, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |