Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.R. No. 1154
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to
6	6	a close with the passing of Maxine Edmondson Flournoy on April 5,
7	7	2023, at the age of 102; and
8	8	WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. John Edmondson and Mary Ruth
9	9	Edmondson Jones, the former Maxine Edmondson was born on March 30,
10	10	1921; she grew up in Joplin, Missouri, and attended Joplin Junior
11	11	College; after obtaining her pilot's license through the Civilian
12	12	Pilot Training Act program, she joined the Women Airforce Service
13	13	Pilots in 1943 and trained at Avenger Field in Sweetwater; she was
14	14	assigned to the navigation school at Hondo Army Airfield, where she
15	15	trained cadets in Beechcraft C-45s; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Following World War II, she worked as a company
17	17	pilot in Alice, where she met her future husband, Lucien Flournoy;
18	18	they raised three daughters, Mary Anne, Betty, and Helen, and
19	19	operated Flournoy Drilling Company and Alice Aviation together for
20	20	many decades; the couple enjoyed entertaining at Flournoy Park in
21	21	Alice and at their home on Lake Corpus Christi in the Carmel Hills
22	22	neighborhood; Mr. Flournoy passed away in 2003; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Mrs. Flournoy gave generously of her time and
24	24	talents in behalf of the USO in Ingleside and at the Naval Air
25	25	Station Corpus Christi, and she was appointed by President Jimmy
26	26	Carter to the World USO Board of Directors; she also served with the
27	27	Texas Historical Commission; active in the WASP alumni group, the
28	28	Order of Fifinella, she flew a family-owned Cessna 337 to reunions
29	29	across the country; she was named president of the association in
30	30	2002; two years later, the Commemorative Air Force in Ingleside was
31	31	named the Maxine Flournoy 3rd Coast Squadron CAF in her honor; she
32	32	was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for her military service;
33	33	and
34	34	WHEREAS, A woman of strong faith, Mrs. Flournoy was a member
35	35	of First Presbyterian Church in Alice and then First Presbyterian
36	36	Church in Corpus Christi; she hosted Christian ministry groups
37	37	during the annual Institute in Basic Life Principles event in San
38	38	Antonio, and over the years, she provided hotels and meals for
39	39	hundreds of friends and employees; and
40	40	WHEREAS, While the death of Maxine Flournoy brings great
41	41	sadness to her family and friends, she leaves behind a legacy that
42	42	they will forever treasure; now, therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
44	44	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Maxine Edmondson
45	45	Flournoy and extend sincere condolences to the members of her
46	46	family: to her daughters, Mary Anne Guthrie and her husband, Greg,
47	47	Betty Louise Fields and her husband, Byron, and Helen Ruth Pope and
48	48	her husband, Bill; to her brother, Phil Edmondson; to her 11
49	49	grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; and to her other
50	50	relatives and friends; and, be it further
51	51	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
52	52	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
53	53	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Maxine
54	54	Edmondson Flournoy.
55	55	Hunter
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Speaker of the House
58	58	I certify that H.R. No. 1154 was unanimously adopted by a
59	59	rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023.
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61	61	Chief Clerk of the House