H.R. No. 2654
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lois S. Crook has been honored for her service
during World War II by the Waco Tribune-Herald in its "Voices of
Valor" series; and
WHEREAS, Raised in North Dakota, Lois Crook graduated from
Trinity Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1943 and
joined the United States Army Air Forces the following year at Lowry
Field in Colorado; she served in Marfa, where there were only eight
nurses to care for thousands of service personnel; subsequently,
she was stationed in Arizona, California, and Mississippi, as well
as in Amarillo, and she rose to the rank of captain; and
WHEREAS, Her first husband, Clyde Ray Jones Jr., was an air
force pilot; following his death in the line of duty in England in
1953, she returned to the United States with her daughter, Leslie,
and completed her bachelor's degree at the University of
Mississippi; she remarried in 1958 and began a career with the
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Waco that spanned 25 years; and
WHEREAS, Lois Crook served her country with skill and
dedication as a member of the Greatest Generation, and she has
earned the lasting respect and appreciation of her fellow
Americans; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Lois Crook on her inclusion in the
Waco Tribune-Herald "Voices of Valor" series and extend to her
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mrs. Crook as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Anderson of McLennan
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2654 was adopted by the House on May
21, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House