SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 237
In Memory
of
Dovie Lee Greene Jackson
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Dovie Lee Greene
Jackson, who died December 23, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Dovie Lee Greene Jackson was a lifelong Texan and
a 30-year employee of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts;
she was known for her intelligence, fairness, and compassion and
for dedicating her life to serving others; and
WHEREAS, She was born September 8, 1952, in Odessa, Texas,
and was the third of six children of Shellie T. Greene and Ruby
O'Neal Greene; and
WHEREAS, She graduated from Ector High School in 1971, and
she began working for the comptroller's Odessa Enforcement
Office in 1977, during a time when women and people of color were
still coming up through the ranks; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson received her bachelor of business
administration degree in management from The University of Texas
of the Permian Basin in 1981, and she fulfilled all the
requirements for her degree while working full-time as an
enforcement officer; and
WHEREAS, In 1982, she was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Incorporated, Rho Iota Chapter, and she later was
honored as a Silver Soror; and
WHEREAS, She completed the Graduate School of Business
Governor's Executive Development Program at The University of
Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1992; and
WHEREAS, Dovie received the Distinguished Former Odessan
award in 1998 from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation, and The
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Alumni Association
honored Mrs. Jackson as its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus for her
professional achievements and loyal service to the university; and
WHEREAS, She was a longtime member of Mount Zion Baptist
Church in Austin and served as a member of the church's board of
trustees, finance committee, and building committee; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson was President Emeritus of Black
American Comptroller Employees, and she was the first African
American and first woman to be named Deputy Comptroller for the
State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, She was the first director of the Comptroller's
Employee Engagement Division, and she served as a mentor to the
agency's next generation of employees; she worked across the
agency to make the workplace better for all; and
WHEREAS, Dovie Jackson was a source of inspiration to
others and gave selflessly of her heart, her time, her service,
and her resources; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the members of
her family: her husband, Isaac Jackson; her daughter, Tracy
Ellis-Harrison; her sons, Isaac D. Jackson and Christopher N.
Jackson; her grandchildren, Shamar Harrison, Brittney C.
Jackson, Briana Jackson, and Dorian C. Jackson; her siblings,
Dr. Dorothy Greene Jackson, Shellie Greene, Henretta Greene
Holmes, and Marilyn Greene Clark; and a host of nieces, nephews,
and cousins; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
memory of Dovie Lee Greene Jackson.
Watson
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 21, 2019,
by a rising vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate