Texas 2021 - 87th 2nd C.S.

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1		-	H.R. No. 75
	1	+	87S20772 JRI-D
	2	+	By: Price H.R. No. 75
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4	5		R E S O L U T I O N
5	6		WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the
6	7		passing of Chalys Diane Baker of Amarillo on May 22, 2021, at the
7	8		age of 88; and
8	9		WHEREAS, The former Diane Gross was born on September 30,
9	10		1932, in Evanston, Illinois, to Dorothy and Peter Gross; she
10	11		graduated from Santa Fe High School in New Mexico, before enrolling
11	12		at New Mexico State University, where she met her future husband,
12	13		Richard Allen Mayfield; during his career in the U.S. Air Force, the
13	14		couple lived in locations around the world and together raised
14	15		three daughters, Cheri, Pamela, and Karen; after their marriage
15	16		ended, she wed Jerry Baker; and
16	17		WHEREAS, While living in Santa Fe, Ms. Baker served as
17	18		director of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Fe
18	19		Convention and Visitors Bureau; she played an integral role in
19	20		elevating the city's status as a tourism destination, and she was
20	21		also appointed as the marketing director for the State of New
21	22		Mexico; her contributions to the city and state were widely
22	23		appreciated, and her honors included the official proclamation of
23	24		Diane Baker Day by the mayor of Santa Fe; and
24	25		WHEREAS, Ms. Baker went on to establish the Convention and
25	26		Visitors Bureau for Huntington Beach, California, and in that role,
26	27		she coined the community's well-known moniker of "Surf City USA";
27	28		in the course of her outstanding career, she also developed the
28	29		Orange County Tourism Council, worked closely with executives and
29	30		staff from Disneyland, and became the first woman to hold a seat on
30	31		the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and
31	32		WHEREAS, Later in life, Ms. Baker moved to Amarillo to be
32	33		closer to her grandchildren, whom she cherished deeply; after
33	34		settling into her life as a Texan, she put her expertise to work as a
34	35		member of the Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and
35	36		she was a congregant and elder at the First Presbyterian Church of
36	37		Amarillo; and
37	38		WHEREAS, Drawing on her exceptional energy and talents, Diane
38	39		Baker was a respected professional who tremendously benefited the
39	40		communities in which she lived, and she will forever be remembered
40	41		with admiration and affection by those she leaves behind; now,
41	42		therefore, be it
42	43		RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
43	44		Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory
44	45		of Chalys Diane Baker and extend deepest sympathy to the members of
45	46		her family: to her daughters, Cheri Lynn Kofakis and her husband,
46	47		Jim Kofakis, Pamela Ann Mayfield and her husband, Charley Runkle,
47	48		and Karen Diane Price and her husband, Four Price; to her
48	49		grandchildren, Brooke Diane Reynolds and her husband, Fisher, Cody
49	50		Allen Barnhill and his fiancée, Madison Varney, Abigail Kathryn
50	51		Price, and Thomas Curry Price; and to her other relatives and
51	52		friends; and, be it further
52	53		RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
53	54		prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
54	55		Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Diane
55	56		Baker.
56		-	Price
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Speaker of the House
59		-	I certify that H.R. No. 75 was unanimously adopted by a rising
60		-	vote of the House on August 30, 2021.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Chief Clerk of the House