Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R31738 MG-D
2	2	By: Homer H.C.R. No. 230
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the
7	7	passing of Arlene Wilson Russell of Mount Pleasant on October 29,
8	8	2008, at the age of 98; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The former Arlene Wilson was born in Granger on
10	10	October 20, 1910, to Charles Alexander Wilson and Bonnie Constance
11	11	Booker Wilson, and she was later joined by eight siblings; when she
12	12	was in the 10th grade, her family relocated to Kenedy, and she went
13	13	to live with her grandmother in Austin, where she could finish high
14	14	school and continue taking shorthand, typing, and other business
15	15	courses; she graduated among the top three in her class and began
16	16	working as a secretary at an automobile agency; and
17	17	WHEREAS, In January 1929, Mrs. Russell joined the staff of
18	18	the Texas House of Representatives as a stenographer, and having
19	19	enjoyed this experience tremendously, she returned for three
20	20	additional regular sessions and several called sessions over the
21	21	next six years; during each interim, she would seek temporary
22	22	employment and anxiously wait for the following session to convene;
23	23	in 1933, she served as the assistant to the chief clerk of the Texas
24	24	House, and she delighted in sharing a desk in front of the speaker's
25	25	rostrum, spending more time on the house floor, and becoming
26	26	acquainted with the members--including a handsome new
27	27	representative from Titus County named Traylor Russell; and
28	28	WHEREAS, After working alongside one another in Austin and
29	29	developing a relationship, Mr. and Mrs. Russell were married on
30	30	April 5, 1935, and they stayed at the Driskill Hotel through the end
31	31	of that year's legislative session, at which point they settled in
32	32	Mount Pleasant; while her husband built a law practice, Mrs.
33	33	Russell worked as the assistant to the county clerk, and by 1941,
34	34	she was focused on raising a family; the couple were blessed with a
35	35	son, Bob, and twins, Sam and Rebecca; Mr. Russell went on to become
36	36	district attorney, and Mrs. Russell was active in her community as a
37	37	member of the Southside Church of Christ and the Junior Kroweldeen
38	38	Club; and
39	39	WHEREAS, Arlene Russell enhanced the lives of all those who
40	40	were fortunate enough to share in her love and friendship, and she
41	41	will long be remembered with great admiration and affection; now,
42	42	therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
44	44	hereby pay tribute to the life of Arlene Wilson Russell and extend
45	45	sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, Robert
46	46	Traylor Russell and Sam Russell and his wife, Janet; to her
47	47	daughter, Rebecca Quebe and her husband, George; to her
48	48	grandchildren, Clay Russell and Monica and Jeff Welborn; to her
49	49	great-grandchildren, Tyler and Jack Welborn; to her sister, Carolyn
50	50	Singleton and her husband, Hugh; and to her other relatives and
51	51	friends; and, be it further
52	52	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
53	53	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
54	54	Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of
55	55	Arlene Wilson Russell.