| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2144 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Lubbock lost a cherished neighbor and |
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| 6 | 6 | | an admired educator with the untimely passing of Christine L. Shinn |
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| 7 | 7 | | on December 22, 2008, at the age of 56; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Born on September 27, 1952, to Merton and Opal Teig |
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| 9 | 9 | | Eggeman in Missouri, the former Chris Eggeman graduated from Butler |
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| 10 | 10 | | High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Missouri--Columbia; she married Alan Shinn in 1977, and the couple |
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| 12 | 12 | | initially moved to Lubbock; they became the parents of two |
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| 13 | 13 | | daughters, Erin and Lauren; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, When her husband accepted a teaching position at |
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| 15 | 15 | | Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Ms. Shinn enrolled |
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| 16 | 16 | | at the university and earned a master's degree in music education; |
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| 17 | 17 | | after the family returned to Lubbock, she began working as a music |
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| 18 | 18 | | teacher in area schools and spent the majority of her career at Iles |
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| 19 | 19 | | Elementary School; she became well-known for her exceptional |
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| 20 | 20 | | ability to communicate the language of music to her students and |
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| 21 | 21 | | retired in the spring of 2008 after many productive years in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | classroom; moreover, she served as chancel choir director at |
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| 23 | 23 | | Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | congregation; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Chris Shinn lived a caring and purposeful life that |
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| 26 | 26 | | was devoted to her family and to the art of music, and she will be |
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| 27 | 27 | | forever remembered with great fondness by all those who held her |
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| 28 | 28 | | dear; now, therefore, be it |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Christine L. Shinn and |
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| 31 | 31 | | extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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| 32 | 32 | | husband, Alan Shinn; to her daughters, Erin and Lauren Shinn; to her |
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| 33 | 33 | | sister, Martha Tatman, and her husband, Pete; and to her other |
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| 34 | 34 | | relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 36 | 36 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 37 | 37 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Christine |
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| 38 | 38 | | Shinn. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Isett |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 42 | 42 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2144 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 43 | 43 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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