| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1235 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Helen |
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| 6 | 6 | | Ann Wade of Jacksonville, who died on March 15, 2009, at the age of |
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| 7 | 7 | | 57; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Born on August 20, 1951, to Joyce and John R. Barber, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Helen Wade was a graduate of Jacksonville High School; she pursued a |
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| 10 | 10 | | career in the financial services industry, working for Texas Bank |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Trust for 25 years and, more recently, as a field representative |
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| 12 | 12 | | with Woodmen of the World; she also was a substitute teacher; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mrs. Wade was actively engaged |
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| 14 | 14 | | in the life of her community, and she was involved with the PTA, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Boy Scouts, the Quarterback Club, the Career Women's Civic Club, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Junior Achievement, United Fund, and the Cherokee County Red Cross, |
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| 17 | 17 | | among others; she was chair of the March of Dimes, Heart Walk, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Western Week, and she was an officer of the Jacksonville Soccer |
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| 19 | 19 | | Association, lodge secretary of Woodmen of the World for 25 years, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and a member of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce; |
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| 21 | 21 | | and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, For her tireless efforts in behalf of Jacksonville, |
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| 23 | 23 | | she was recognized as Businesswoman of the Year by the chamber of |
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| 24 | 24 | | commerce, and on two occasions she was named Woman of the Year by |
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| 25 | 25 | | the Career Women's Civic Club; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Helen Wade was a loving wife and a devoted mother and |
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| 27 | 27 | | grandmother who was proud to live on a farm that had been in her |
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| 28 | 28 | | family for more than a century; although she was taken much too |
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| 29 | 29 | | soon, the memory of her courage, optimism, and community spirit |
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| 30 | 30 | | will live forever in the hearts of all those who cared for her; now, |
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| 31 | 31 | | therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Helen Ann Wade and |
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| 34 | 34 | | extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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| 35 | 35 | | husband of 39 years, Stanley Wade; to her mother, Joyce Barber; to |
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| 36 | 36 | | her daughter, Wendy Wade; to her son, Greg Wade, and his wife, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Elizabeth; to her granddaughters, Brooklyn Hunter and Lauren Wade; |
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| 38 | 38 | | and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 41 | 41 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Helen Ann |
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| 42 | 42 | | Wade. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Hopson |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1235 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 47 | 47 | | rising vote of the House on April 16, 2009. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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