SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 66
WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed
cause for celebration, and Billie Gertrude Hooks Manck marked
this momentous milestone in her life on June 3, 2017, in the
company of family and friends; and
WHEREAS, Born in Battiest, Oklahoma, in 1917, the former
Billie Hooks was the only child of Bessie and Q. P. Hooks; her
mother died when she was just two years old, and following her
father's remarriage, she grew up with four brothers, Donald,
Bobbie, Charles, and Corky; and
WHEREAS, She graduated from Gaston High School, where she
met her future husband, Lloyd T. Manck; they married in November
1934, and they eventually became the proud parents of six
children, Shirley Ruth, Marilynn, Doris, Donnie, Nina, and Lynn;
early in their life together, they moved to Illinois and Ohio,
but they returned to East Texas in 1942; and
WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. Manck founded a machine
shop that grew into a firm specializing in road-boring, and
Mrs. Manck frequently accompanied him on business trips across
the United States and Canada; in 1954, they relocated the company
to 64 acres in Henderson, where they also raised prize-winning
Herefords and Brittany spaniels; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Manck and her husband shared a fulfilling
relationship of nearly 53 years until his passing; she continued to
run the machine shop with her son, Lynn, before selling it in 2004;
recently, she moved from her home of more than six decades to live
with her youngest daughter, Nina; she is the beloved matriarch of a
fine family that has grown to include 21 grandchildren, 32
great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Billie Manck 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Billie
Gertrude Hooks Manck on her 100th birthday and extend to her
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
Mrs. Manck as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Hughes
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on July 25, 2017.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate