| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2701 |
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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 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Claranell Adams Hines of Peaster, who passed away on January 27, |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2009, at the age of 83; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Clair Hines was born |
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| 9 | 9 | | in Fort Worth on September 2, 1925; she married John Rivers Hines, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Jr., in 1948, and over the course of their marriage, they lived in |
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| 11 | 11 | | Dallas, Monroe, Louisiana, and Waxahachie, as well as in Parker |
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| 12 | 12 | | County; the couple were blessed with a son, John Hines III, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | three granddaughters, Jennifer, Leslie, and Amanda, were later |
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| 14 | 14 | | welcomed into their family; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Hines graduated from Texas State College for |
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| 16 | 16 | | Women and went on to work in the airline, banking, and legal |
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| 17 | 17 | | industries; the great-great-granddaughter of one of the first |
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| 18 | 18 | | Norwegian settlers of Texas, she was also a published author for the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Norwegian-American Historical Association; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Clair Hines will be deeply missed by all those who |
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| 21 | 21 | | were fortunate enough to have shared in her life, and she leaves her |
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| 22 | 22 | | family and friends with many treasured memories of time spent in her |
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| 23 | 23 | | company; now, therefore, be it |
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| 24 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 25 | 25 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Claranell Adams Hines |
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| 26 | 26 | | and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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| 27 | 27 | | son, John Rivers Hines III; to her daughter-in-law, Margaret Hines; |
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| 28 | 28 | | to her granddaughters, Jennifer Lisette Powers, Leslie Anne |
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| 29 | 29 | | Funderburk, and Amanda Brooke Collier; and to her other relatives |
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| 30 | 30 | | and friends; and, be it further |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 32 | 32 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 33 | 33 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Clair |
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| 34 | 34 | | Hines. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Pitts |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2701 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 39 | 39 | | rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009. |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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