H.R. No. 360
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Virginia R. Garza retired as the meal site manager
at the Driscoll Community Center on December 31, 2014, drawing to a
close a 27-year tenure with Nueces County Senior Community Services
and a lifelong career spent caring for the needs of her fellow
citizens; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Garza began working at the Driscoll Community
Center in 2003, after serving as the meal site manager at the
Robstown Community Center for more than 15 years; in these roles,
she was tasked with overseeing and recruiting volunteers for the
senior citizen nutrition program and motivating her clients at the
centers to maintain healthy, active lifestyles; in addition, this
compassionate Texan personally delivered meals to homebound
residents in the area, a practice she carried on from her nine years
as a van driver with the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, A native of Nueces County, Ms. Garza was born in
Floresville and raised in Robstown, where she started her career in
1974 as a bus driver for the Robstown Independent School District
and later served as a child care paraprofessional at the Wesley
Community Center; in all her endeavors, she has enjoyed the love and
support of her three children, Rosa Linda, Sylvia, and Ruben, and
her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, The kindness and dedication that Virginia Garza
brought to her duties helped countless older Texans enjoy a greater
quality of life, and she may reflect with pride on her many
achievements as she embarks on her well-deserved retirement; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Virginia R. Garza on her retirement
from Nueces County Senior Community Services 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 Ms. Garza as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Herrero
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 360 was adopted by the House on
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House