| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2916 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Lisa Hood Urban of Baytown |
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| 6 | 6 | | on November 17, 2007, at the age of 51, brought a profoundly felt |
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| 7 | 7 | | loss to her family, to her friends and colleagues, and to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | residents of her community; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born in Houston on May 20, 1956, this esteemed Texan |
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| 10 | 10 | | relocated to Baytown with her family in 1965; as a youth, she worked |
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| 11 | 11 | | in the accounting office of The Baytown Sun before graduating from |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ross S. Sterling High School in 1974; she attended Lee College, but |
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| 13 | 13 | | later transferred to The University of Texas at Austin, and she |
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| 14 | 14 | | graduated with honors; she met her future husband, Johnny Urban, |
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| 15 | 15 | | while she was in college, and in 1982, the couple returned to |
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| 16 | 16 | | Baytown, where they raised their two sons, John Paul and Matthew; |
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| 17 | 17 | | and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Urban established the accounting firm |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mendelovitz Urban and Associates in Baytown, and despite her busy |
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| 20 | 20 | | professional life, she devoted countless hours to area |
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| 21 | 21 | | organizations; she was a member of the Rotary Club of Baytown, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | she was active on the Police Academy Advisory Board and in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | United Way of Baytown Area and St. Jude's Catholic Church in |
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| 24 | 24 | | Highlands; she also served as president of the Lakewood Civic |
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| 25 | 25 | | Association and as the first female chair of the Baytown Chamber of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Commerce, and she was on the board of the Friends of Lee College |
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| 27 | 27 | | Foundation; a dedicated volunteer, Ms. Urban was the chair of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Baytown Area Community Long-Range Planning Commission and the |
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| 29 | 29 | | co-chair of the Regional Urban Design Assistant Team, and she was |
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| 30 | 30 | | named The Baytown Sun Citizen of the Year in 1996; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, With her generosity and civic leadership, Lisa Urban |
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| 32 | 32 | | benefited her community in myriad ways, and her remarkable legacy |
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| 33 | 33 | | will be forever treasured by all those who were fortunate enough to |
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| 34 | 34 | | know her; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lisa Hood Urban and |
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| 37 | 37 | | extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband |
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| 38 | 38 | | of three decades, Johnny Urban; to her sons, John Paul Urban III and |
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| 39 | 39 | | Matthew Urban; to her parents, Betty Joe and David Boothe; to her |
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| 40 | 40 | | sisters, Rita Sheppard and Dee Anne Navarre; to her stepbrother and |
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| 41 | 41 | | sister-in-law, Greg and Debbie Boothe; to her mother-in-law, Fern |
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| 42 | 42 | | Urban; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 46 | 46 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lisa Hood |
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| 47 | 47 | | Urban. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Smith of Harris |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2916 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 52 | 52 | | rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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