86R15207 BK-D
By: Stucky H.R. No. 636
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The city of Denton lost an esteemed resident with
the passing of Dr. Bettye Myers on February 18, 2019, at the age of
92; and
WHEREAS, Bettye Myers was born to Jay and Gladys Myers on
September 26, 1926, in Heavener, Oklahoma, where she grew up with
the companionship of her brother, William; after high school, she
enrolled at Texas Woman's University and graduated in 1946 with a
bachelor's degree in health, physical education, and recreation,
with a minor in government and sociology; the following year, she
earned her master's degree from TWU, and in 1960, she completed her
Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, A passionate and accomplished educator, Dr. Myers
taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Alabama
College, and the University of Michigan, before returning to her
alma mater of TWU as a faculty member in 1961; she was the recipient
of the TWU Cornaro Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty, among
various other accolades recognizing her professional and civic
contributions; after her retirement, she was named a professor
emerita, and in 2016, the university's butterfly garden was named
after her; in addition to her teaching career, she was a
sought-after motivational speaker who conducted hundreds of
workshops and seminars for audiences in the United States and Guam;
and
WHEREAS, Dr. Myers was elected to the Denton Independent
School District Board of Trustees, which she went on to serve as
president, and the district later honored her with the dedication
of a middle school bearing her name; she also benefited numerous
other organizations, including AIDS Services of North Texas, the
Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council, the Denton Parks Foundation, the
Denton Family Resource Center, Kiwanis International, and the
United Way of Denton County; in recognition of her exemplary civic
leadership, the City of Denton declared September 26, 2006, as
"Bettye Myers Day"; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of 92 years of life well lived,
Dr. Bettye Myers distinguished herself as a pillar of both her
profession and her community, and she will be fondly remembered and
deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know her; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Bettye Myers
and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to Paula
Fawn Daniels, Anita and Jim Trojan, Kay Lynn and David Huddleston,
Amy and Matt Thielke, Dr. Ryan Trojan and Kaci Trojan, Dr. Brandon
Trojan and Sara Trojan, and Kyle and Rachel Huddleston; to her
longtime friends, Robbie Reid, Pat Miller, and Kay Kolb; and to her
other relatives and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Bettye
Myers.