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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lois S. Crook has been honored for her service |
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| 6 | 7 | | during World War II by the Waco Tribune-Herald in its "Voices of |
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| 7 | 8 | | Valor" series; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Raised in North Dakota, Lois Crook graduated from |
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| 9 | 10 | | Trinity Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1943 and |
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| 10 | 11 | | joined the United States Army Air Forces the following year at Lowry |
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| 11 | 12 | | Field in Colorado; she served in Marfa, where there were only eight |
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| 12 | 13 | | nurses to care for thousands of service personnel; subsequently, |
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| 13 | 14 | | she was stationed in Arizona, California, and Mississippi, as well |
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| 14 | 15 | | as in Amarillo, and she rose to the rank of captain; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Her first husband, Clyde Ray Jones Jr., was an air |
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| 16 | 17 | | force pilot; following his death in the line of duty in England in |
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| 17 | 18 | | 1953, she returned to the United States with her daughter, Leslie, |
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| 18 | 19 | | and completed her bachelor's degree at the University of |
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| 19 | 20 | | Mississippi; she remarried in 1958 and began a career with the |
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| 20 | 21 | | Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Waco that spanned 25 years; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Lois Crook served her country with skill and |
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| 22 | 23 | | dedication as a member of the Greatest Generation, and she has |
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| 23 | 24 | | earned the lasting respect and appreciation of her fellow |
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| 24 | 25 | | Americans; now, therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 26 | 27 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Lois Crook on her inclusion in the |
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| 27 | 28 | | Waco Tribune-Herald "Voices of Valor" series and extend to her |
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| 28 | 29 | | sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 30 | 31 | | prepared for Mrs. Crook as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 31 | 32 | | House of Representatives. |
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