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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Frances Joyce Lemons of |
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Quitman were deeply saddened by her death on May 10, 2025, at the |
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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 siblings |
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and spent much of her early life in Cartwright; a member of the |
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Quitman High School Class of 1965, she had a fulfilling career in |
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health care, working for many years at the Quitman Nursing Home as a |
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certified nursing assistant; she later earned a medication aide |
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license and provided in-home care, including for family members; |
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she retired in 2012, following more than four decades of dedicated |
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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 Western |
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movies, game shows, and baseball and assembling jigsaw puzzles; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her warmth, compassion, and generosity, |
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Frances Lemons brightened the world for all who knew her, and they |
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will forever hold her close in their hearts; 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 Frances Joyce Lemons and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her daughter, |
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Rhonda Renee Lemons Browning; to her grandchildren, Miranda |
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Browning, Sara Browning-Miller, Noah Browning, and Allison |
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Browning; to her great-grandchildren, Ethan, Olivia, Copeland, |
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Aurora, Ariel, Harley, Walker, and Krew; to her siblings, James, |
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Cora, Katherine, and Janice; and to all others who mourn her |
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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 this |
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day, it do so in memory of Frances Lemons. |