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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 285
By Camper
HJR0285
004041
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A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Barbara Joyce Driver-
Rice on the celebration of her seventieth
birthday.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly pay tribute to those
citizens who celebrated special occasions in their estimable lives; and
WHEREAS, Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice celebrated her seventieth birthday on October
17, 2024, a milestone that was commemorated as yet another precious souvenir of life's rich
pageant; and
WHEREAS, the daughter of Etta M. Driver Rayborn and David Clyde Driver, Sr., and the
sister of our esteemed colleague Representative Karen Camper, Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice
was born in Hughes, Arkansas, on October 17, 1954; and
WHEREAS, a 1972 graduate of Southside High School in Memphis, she attended Miller
Hawkins Business College and earned a secretarial degree, typing eighty words per minute and
reaching 120 words per minute in shorthand; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Driver-Rice was recruited to work at the Pentagon for the Air Force
under Colonel Price; after a distinguished career, she later took her much-deserved retirement
from the San Angelo Independent School District in San Angelo, Texas; and
WHEREAS, a highly respected member of her community, Ms. Driver-Rice loves to cook
and travel, having visited thirty-seven states so far, but she especially loves spending time with
her family and doting on her treasured grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, a beloved family matriarch, she is the proud mother of six devoted children,
Dectra Darnell Rice, Charles Princeton Rice, Carleton Rice, Crystal Rice, JonDavid Thomas,
and Sierra Thomas; and the loving grandmother of Iyleena Rice, Izayah Rice, Keevon Rice,
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Alanis Rice, Saryan Rice, Nariah Rice, Rocco Rice, Jayla Elliott, Jarvis Elliott, Jr., Jada Elliott,
Ja'King Elliott, Jayston Ward, Zachary Reed, Amari Thomas, Jariah Thomas, Judah Thomas,
Kaleah Thomas, Kayonni Thomas, Zayeluh Thomas, Jamahi Riggins, Kyren Thomas, Braelyn
Betts, J'Kahi Betts, and Saryan Holguin; and
WHEREAS, we wish to grasp this golden opportunity to specially recognize one of this
nation's most outstanding citizens on this very special occasion; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we hereby honor and congratulate Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice on the
celebration of her seventieth birthday and extend to her our best wishes for much continued
success and happiness.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.