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1	1	H.R. No. 724
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close when Elsie
6	6	Townes Pressler of Houston died on February 12, 2008, at the age of
7	7	102; and
8	8	WHEREAS, A fifth-generation Texan, Elsie Townes was born in
9	9	Beaumont on March 11, 1905, and moved to the Bayou City in 1917 with
10	10	her family; she attended Randolph Macon Woman's College in
11	11	Lynchburg, Virginia, and The University of Texas at Austin, where
12	12	she was a member of Pi Beta Phi, the Mortar Board, and the Orange
13	13	Jackets; she graduated with the Class of 1927; and
14	14	WHEREAS, The following year, she married Herman P. Pressler,
15	15	Jr., and the couple shared 66 fulfilling years of marriage,
16	16	parenthood, world travel, and volunteerism until Mr. Pressler's
17	17	passing in 1995; they received the Distinguished Citizens Award
18	18	from Sheltering Arms in 1987; and
19	19	WHEREAS, Mrs. Pressler was the granddaughter of John C.
20	20	Townes, the dean of the law school at The University of Texas at
21	21	Austin, and Judge C. C. Garrett, the first chief justice of the
22	22	First Court of Civil Appeals; the UT Law School building was named
23	23	for Mr. Townes and the Garrett-Townes Auditorium at South Texas
24	24	College of Law was named for both of her grandfathers; her father,
25	25	Edgar Townes, was a founder of the Humble Oil and Refining Company
26	26	and served as its first general counsel, while her husband, Herman
27	27	Pressler, Jr., was vice president and director of Exxon, USA, and
28	28	president of the Houston Bar Association; and
29	29	WHEREAS, Carrying on her family's legacy of service to their
30	30	fellow Texans, Mrs. Pressler was a member of Houston's first
31	31	Municipal Arts Committee and the president of the Junior League of
32	32	Houston, the Women's Auxiliary of the Houston Bar Association, the
33	33	River Oaks Garden Club, and the Harris County Heritage Society; she
34	34	served as the Houston group chair of the National Society of the
35	35	Colonial Dames of America and as a member of the John McKnitt
36	36	Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and
37	37	the Friends of Bayou Bend; she was also a founder and longtime
38	38	congregant of River Oaks Baptist Church; and
39	39	WHEREAS, Deeply admired for her graciousness and her zest for
40	40	life, Elsie Pressler inspired countless people with her many good
41	41	deeds, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their hearts;
42	42	now, therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
44	44	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Elsie Townes Pressler
45	45	and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her
46	46	sons, Townes G. Pressler and Judge H. Paul Pressler III and his
47	47	wife, Nancy; to her grandchildren, Jean Pressler Visy and her
48	48	husband, Joe, Anne Pressler Csorba and her husband, Les, Terry
49	49	Pressler Smith and her husband, Tom, Molly Pressler Lamme and her
50	50	husband, Duncan, Townes G. Pressler, Jr., and his wife, Kathleen,
51	51	and H. Paul Pressler IV; to her 16 great-grandchildren; to her
52	52	sisters-in-law, Mrs. E. E. Townes, Jr., Mrs. Christopher G. Townes,
53	53	and Mrs. Howard R. Barr; and to her other relatives and friends;
54	54	and, be it further
55	55	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
56	56	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
57	57	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Elsie
58	58	Townes Pressler.
59	59	Bohac
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Speaker of the House
62	62	I certify that H.R. No. 724 was unanimously adopted by a
63	63	rising vote of the House on March 19, 2009.
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65	65	Chief Clerk of the House