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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 285 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Camper |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0285 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 004041 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Barbara Joyce Driver- |
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| 13 | 13 | | Rice on the celebration of her seventieth |
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| 14 | 14 | | birthday. |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly pay tribute to those |
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| 17 | 17 | | citizens who celebrated special occasions in their estimable lives; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice celebrated her seventieth birthday on October |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17, 2024, a milestone that was commemorated as yet another precious souvenir of life's rich |
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| 20 | 20 | | pageant; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, the daughter of Etta M. Driver Rayborn and David Clyde Driver, Sr., and the |
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| 22 | 22 | | sister of our esteemed colleague Representative Karen Camper, Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice |
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| 23 | 23 | | was born in Hughes, Arkansas, on October 17, 1954; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, a 1972 graduate of Southside High School in Memphis, she attended Miller |
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| 25 | 25 | | Hawkins Business College and earned a secretarial degree, typing eighty words per minute and |
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| 26 | 26 | | reaching 120 words per minute in shorthand; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Driver-Rice was recruited to work at the Pentagon for the Air Force |
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| 28 | 28 | | under Colonel Price; after a distinguished career, she later took her much-deserved retirement |
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| 29 | 29 | | from the San Angelo Independent School District in San Angelo, Texas; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, a highly respected member of her community, Ms. Driver-Rice loves to cook |
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| 31 | 31 | | and travel, having visited thirty-seven states so far, but she especially loves spending time with |
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| 32 | 32 | | her family and doting on her treasured grandchildren; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, a beloved family matriarch, she is the proud mother of six devoted children, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Dectra Darnell Rice, Charles Princeton Rice, Carleton Rice, Crystal Rice, JonDavid Thomas, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and Sierra Thomas; and the loving grandmother of Iyleena Rice, Izayah Rice, Keevon Rice, |
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| 38 | 38 | | - 2 - 004041 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Alanis Rice, Saryan Rice, Nariah Rice, Rocco Rice, Jayla Elliott, Jarvis Elliott, Jr., Jada Elliott, |
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| 41 | 41 | | Ja'King Elliott, Jayston Ward, Zachary Reed, Amari Thomas, Jariah Thomas, Judah Thomas, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Kaleah Thomas, Kayonni Thomas, Zayeluh Thomas, Jamahi Riggins, Kyren Thomas, Braelyn |
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| 43 | 43 | | Betts, J'Kahi Betts, and Saryan Holguin; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, we wish to grasp this golden opportunity to specially recognize one of this |
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| 45 | 45 | | nation's most outstanding citizens on this very special occasion; now, therefore, |
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| 46 | 46 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 47 | 47 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 48 | 48 | | CONCURRING, that we hereby honor and congratulate Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice on the |
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| 49 | 49 | | celebration of her seventieth birthday and extend to her our best wishes for much continued |
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| 50 | 50 | | success and happiness. |
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| 51 | 51 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 52 | 52 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 53 | 53 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 54 | 54 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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