85S12247 ALB-D
By: Giddings H.R. No. 183
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly
cause for celebration, and Ethel Mae Chandler of Houston is
reaching that impressive milestone on August 5, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Ethel Mae Chandler was born in Taylor, Louisiana, in
1917, the oldest of the three children of Nora Davis and Jack
Taylor; she is the proud mother of eight children, and she has also
taken great joy in welcoming into her family five grandchildren and
a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Chandler worked for many years in the cafeteria
of a Veterans Administration hospital, where she became the first
African American to operate the electric cash register; and
WHEREAS, For half a century, Mrs. Chandler has been an active
congregant of Greater Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, and she
has sung in the choir, helped with the cooking for church events,
worked with young people, and participated in missionary efforts;
in addition, she is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the
Court of Calanthians; and
WHEREAS, Ethel Mae Chandler has witnessed a panorama of
change over the course of a century, and she has met life's
challenges and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the
deep admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Ethel Mae
Chandler on her 100th birthday 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. Chandler as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.