H.R. No. 2701
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of
Claranell Adams Hines of Peaster, who passed away on January 27,
2009, at the age of 83; and
WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Clair Hines was born
in Fort Worth on September 2, 1925; she married John Rivers Hines,
Jr., in 1948, and over the course of their marriage, they lived in
Dallas, Monroe, Louisiana, and Waxahachie, as well as in Parker
County; the couple were blessed with a son, John Hines III, and
three granddaughters, Jennifer, Leslie, and Amanda, were later
welcomed into their family; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Hines graduated from Texas State College for
Women and went on to work in the airline, banking, and legal
industries; the great-great-granddaughter of one of the first
Norwegian settlers of Texas, she was also a published author for the
Norwegian-American Historical Association; and
WHEREAS, Clair Hines will be deeply missed by all those who
were fortunate enough to have shared in her life, and she leaves her
family and friends with many treasured memories of time spent in her
company; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Claranell Adams Hines
and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her
son, John Rivers Hines III; to her daughter-in-law, Margaret Hines;
to her granddaughters, Jennifer Lisette Powers, Leslie Anne
Funderburk, and Amanda Brooke Collier; and to her other relatives
and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Clair
Hines.
Pitts
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2701 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009.
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Chief Clerk of the House