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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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| 8 | 9 | | passing of Patricia Jung Williams of Willow Park on January 18, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 2025, at the age of 67; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The former Patty Jung was born on August 10, 1957, to |
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| 11 | 12 | | Hermann and Kitty Jung in Ottawa, Canada, where her family resided |
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| 12 | 13 | | after emigrating from Germany; the Jung family eventually moved to |
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| 13 | 14 | | Fort Worth and became U.S. citizens, and she graduated from |
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| 14 | 15 | | Arlington Heights High School, which later named her a |
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| 15 | 16 | | distinguished graduate; she subsequently earned a bachelor's |
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| 16 | 17 | | degree in business from Austin College; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Early in her career, Mrs. Williams worked in the |
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| 18 | 19 | | hotel hospitality business at Green Oaks Inn in Fort Worth before |
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| 19 | 20 | | becoming a sales manager for Hyatt Hotels and the director of sales |
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| 20 | 21 | | for state associations for Amfac Hotels at Dallas Fort Worth |
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| 21 | 22 | | International Airport; she achieved great success after joining the |
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| 22 | 23 | | executive team of Roger Williams Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram SRT in |
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| 23 | 24 | | Weatherford, a dealership owned by her husband, U.S. Congressman |
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| 24 | 25 | | Roger Williams; the couple shared 41 years of marriage and took |
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| 25 | 26 | | great joy in welcoming their two daughters, J. J. and Sabrina, into |
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| 26 | 27 | | the business as managing partners; later in life, they were further |
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| 27 | 28 | | blessed with two grandchildren, Clara and Emmy; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Mrs. Williams was appointed by Governor |
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| 29 | 30 | | George W. Bush to the Texas Automobile Theft Prevention Authority, |
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| 30 | 31 | | and she was later elected as its first female chair; she was |
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| 31 | 32 | | appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as a public member and |
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| 32 | 33 | | director of the State Bar of Texas in 2002; among the many other |
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| 33 | 34 | | organizations that benefited from her involvement were the Better |
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| 34 | 35 | | Business Bureau of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the Fort Worth |
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| 35 | 36 | | Chamber of Commerce, the Tarrant Area Food Bank, Texas Women for the |
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| 36 | 37 | | Arts, and the Austin College President's Council, and she was also |
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| 37 | 38 | | active in her congregation at Willow Park Baptist Church; over the |
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| 38 | 39 | | years, she received a number of honors, which included being named |
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| 39 | 40 | | the Most Influential Businesswoman of the Year by the Fort Worth |
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| 40 | 41 | | Business Press in 1997; and |
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| 41 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Patty Williams was a devoted wife and mother, an |
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| 42 | 43 | | accomplished business leader, and a model of civic engagement, and |
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| 43 | 44 | | she leaves behind a record of service and success that her loved |
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| 44 | 45 | | ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 46 | 47 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Patricia Jung |
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| 47 | 48 | | Williams and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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| 48 | 49 | | to her husband, the Honorable Roger Williams; to her children, |
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| 49 | 50 | | Jaclyn Williams Contreras and her husband, Eric, and Sabrina |
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| 50 | 51 | | Williams Speirs and her husband, Jesse; to her grandchildren, Clara |
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| 51 | 52 | | Contreras and Emmy Mac Speirs; to her sister, Susan Davis, and her |
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| 52 | 53 | | husband, Greg; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be |
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| 53 | 54 | | it further |
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| 54 | 55 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 55 | 56 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 56 | 57 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patty |
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| 57 | 58 | | Williams. |
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