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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal of Corpus Christi, an |
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| 6 | 7 | | esteemed educator and friend to many, passed away on January 21, |
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| 7 | 8 | | 2020, at the age of 68; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Margaret and Drew Harrison, the |
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| 9 | 10 | | former Drusilla Harrison was born on July 25, 1951; she completed |
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| 10 | 11 | | both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&M |
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| 11 | 12 | | University-Kingsville; over the course of a 33-year career with the |
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| 12 | 13 | | Corpus Christi Independent School District, she taught in the |
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| 13 | 14 | | special education department of South Park Middle School and then |
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| 14 | 15 | | in the CCISD Homebound Program; she wrote a weekly column on |
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| 15 | 16 | | education for the Flour Bluff Sun and Coastal Bend Sun, and for two |
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| 16 | 17 | | decades, she served on the District-Level Planning and |
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| 17 | 18 | | Decision-Making Committee; in addition, she was vice president of |
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| 18 | 19 | | the Corpus Christi AFT; at the state level, she served on the |
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| 19 | 20 | | Teachers' Professional Practices Commission and the Texas |
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| 20 | 21 | | Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education; moreover, she |
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| 21 | 22 | | contributed to her community as a board member and advisor for CASA |
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| 22 | 23 | | of Nueces County; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Knight-Villarreal was active in politics from |
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| 24 | 25 | | an early age; she was district committeewoman of the Texas Young |
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| 25 | 26 | | Republicans, and she went on to work with the Nueces County |
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| 26 | 27 | | Republican Women and serve on the boards of both the Texas and |
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| 27 | 28 | | National Federations of Republican Women; she also helped organize |
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| 28 | 29 | | the Nueces County Republican Convention for many years and attended |
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| 29 | 30 | | county, state, and national Republican conventions as a delegate 40 |
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| 30 | 31 | | times; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, Ms. Knight-Villarreal shared |
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| 32 | 33 | | a fulfilling marriage with her husband, Homero C. Villarreal, and |
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| 33 | 34 | | the couple enjoyed traveling the world together; she took great |
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| 34 | 35 | | pride in her son, Adam, and her grandchildren, Asher and Erin, as |
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| 35 | 36 | | well as in her stepdaughters, Sandra and Ana Maria, and their |
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| 36 | 37 | | children; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal greatly benefited her |
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| 38 | 39 | | fellow citizens through her professional and civic contributions |
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| 39 | 40 | | alike, and although her loss is keenly felt by those she left |
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| 40 | 41 | | behind, they will forever treasure their memories of her tremendous |
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| 41 | 42 | | warmth, kindness, and compassion; now, therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Drusilla |
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| 44 | 45 | | Knight-Villarreal and extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones; |
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| 45 | 46 | | and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 48 | 49 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Drusilla |
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| 49 | 50 | | Knight-Villarreal. |
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