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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The city of Denton lost an esteemed resident with |
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| 6 | 7 | | the passing of Dr. Bettye Myers on February 18, 2019, at the age of |
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| 7 | 8 | | 92; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Bettye Myers was born to Jay and Gladys Myers on |
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| 9 | 10 | | September 26, 1926, in Heavener, Oklahoma, where she grew up with |
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| 10 | 11 | | the companionship of her brother, William; after high school, she |
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| 11 | 12 | | enrolled at Texas Woman's University and graduated in 1946 with a |
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| 12 | 13 | | bachelor's degree in health, physical education, and recreation, |
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| 13 | 14 | | with a minor in government and sociology; the following year, she |
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| 14 | 15 | | earned her master's degree from TWU, and in 1960, she completed her |
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| 15 | 16 | | Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of Michigan; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, A passionate and accomplished educator, Dr. Myers |
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| 17 | 18 | | taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Alabama |
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| 18 | 19 | | College, and the University of Michigan, before returning to her |
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| 19 | 20 | | alma mater of TWU as a faculty member in 1961; she was the recipient |
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| 20 | 21 | | of the TWU Cornaro Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty, among |
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| 21 | 22 | | various other accolades recognizing her professional and civic |
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| 22 | 23 | | contributions; after her retirement, she was named a professor |
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| 23 | 24 | | emerita, and in 2016, the university's butterfly garden was named |
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| 24 | 25 | | after her; in addition to her teaching career, she was a |
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| 25 | 26 | | sought-after motivational speaker who conducted hundreds of |
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| 26 | 27 | | workshops and seminars for audiences in the United States and Guam; |
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| 27 | 28 | | and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Myers was elected to the Denton Independent |
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| 29 | 30 | | School District Board of Trustees, which she went on to serve as |
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| 30 | 31 | | president, and the district later honored her with the dedication |
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| 31 | 32 | | of a middle school bearing her name; she also benefited numerous |
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| 32 | 33 | | other organizations, including AIDS Services of North Texas, the |
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| 33 | 34 | | Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council, the Denton Parks Foundation, the |
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| 34 | 35 | | Denton Family Resource Center, Kiwanis International, and the |
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| 35 | 36 | | United Way of Denton County; in recognition of her exemplary civic |
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| 36 | 37 | | leadership, the City of Denton declared September 26, 2006, as |
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| 37 | 38 | | "Bettye Myers Day"; and |
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| 38 | 39 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of 92 years of life well lived, |
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| 39 | 40 | | Dr. Bettye Myers distinguished herself as a pillar of both her |
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| 40 | 41 | | profession and her community, and she will be fondly remembered and |
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| 41 | 42 | | deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know her; now, |
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| 42 | 43 | | therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Bettye Myers |
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| 45 | 46 | | and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to Paula |
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| 46 | 47 | | Fawn Daniels, Anita and Jim Trojan, Kay Lynn and David Huddleston, |
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| 47 | 48 | | Amy and Matt Thielke, Dr. Ryan Trojan and Kaci Trojan, Dr. Brandon |
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| 48 | 49 | | Trojan and Sara Trojan, and Kyle and Rachel Huddleston; to her |
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| 49 | 50 | | longtime friends, Robbie Reid, Pat Miller, and Kay Kolb; and to her |
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| 50 | 51 | | other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 51 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 53 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 53 | 54 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Bettye |
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| 54 | 55 | | Myers. |
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