82R30281 MGR-D
By: Gutierrez H.R. No. 2374
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Velma Sue De Leon will begin her service as
president of the Texas Funeral Directors Association in June 2011;
and
WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Ms.
De Leon enrolled at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in
Houston in 1991 and became a licensed funeral director the
following year; with her husband, Leon, and her parents, Donaciano
and Consuelo Garza, she established Memorial Funeral Home in San
Juan in 1994, and opened another location in Edinburg in 2003; both
businesses have received multiple awards; and
WHEREAS, Ms. De Leon has shared her time and talents as the
president of the South Texas Funeral Directors Association and as a
member of many committees of the National Funeral Directors
Association, as a Texas representative, with her husband, at the
NFDA's 2008 conference, as the vice president of the Make-a-Wish
Foundation of the Rio Grande Valley, as an officeholder in two local
chambers of commerce, and as treasurer of the McAllen Sunset Lions
Club; highly respected by her peers, she also has worked with
legislators on issues affecting her profession; and
WHEREAS, The first Hispanic and only the second woman to
serve as president of the association, Velma De Leon has
contributed much to her field, and she brings an impressive record
of achievement and commendable dedication to her new leadership
role; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Velma Sue De Leon on being elected
president of the Texas Funeral Directors Association and extend to
her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. De Leon as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.