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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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| 6 | 7 | | of Oleta Horton Collier of Goldthwaite, who passed away on March 3, |
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| 7 | 8 | | 2015, at the age of 95; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born on September 24, 1919, in the Caradan community |
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| 9 | 10 | | in Mills County, the former Oleta Horton was the daughter of John |
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| 10 | 11 | | Raymond and Bertie Huckabee Horton; a lifelong resident of Mills |
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| 11 | 12 | | County, she graduated from Goldthwaite High School and belonged to |
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| 12 | 13 | | the First United Methodist Church; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Following the death of her first husband, Lester |
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| 15 | 16 | | Glynn Collier, with whom she exchanged wedding vows on October 16, |
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| 16 | 17 | | 1954, at a ceremony in Goldthwaite; while devoting herself to her |
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| 17 | 18 | | home and family, she also worked for a time as a clerk at |
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| 18 | 19 | | Yarborough's; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Collier was active in the PTA, Band Boosters, |
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| 20 | 21 | | and many sports fund-raising events when her children, Tommy and |
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| 21 | 22 | | Glenda, were younger; later in life, she nurtured a passion for |
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| 22 | 23 | | travel and enjoyed participating in the Local Bank Travel Club, and |
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| 23 | 24 | | she met weekly with a group of her friends to play Skip-Bo, Canasta, |
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| 24 | 25 | | and 42; she delighted in preparing delicious meals and desserts for |
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| 25 | 26 | | her loved ones, and she was a "second mother" to many of the guests |
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| 26 | 27 | | she welcomed at her table; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Oleta Collier |
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| 28 | 29 | | will remember the way she touched their lives with her warmth and |
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| 29 | 30 | | kindness, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their |
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| 30 | 31 | | hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Oleta Horton |
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| 33 | 34 | | Collier and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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| 34 | 35 | | her husband, Glynn Collier; to her son, Tommy Ray Collier, and Rich |
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| 35 | 36 | | Hisey; to her daughter, Glenda Kay Lindsay; to her grandson, Marcus |
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| 36 | 37 | | Laramie Lindsay, and Mattie; to her granddaughter, Jessica Glynn |
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| 37 | 38 | | Lindsay; to her great-granddaughter, Landree Lindsay; to her niece, |
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| 38 | 39 | | Virginia Crawford, Doug, and their daughter; and to her other |
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| 39 | 40 | | relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 42 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 43 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Oleta |
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| 43 | 44 | | Horton Collier. |
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