Bill Text: TX HR1 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-13 - Reported enrolled [HR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt of Dallas, the beloved | ||
| matriarch of one of the most influential families in American | ||
| sports, passed away on June 4, 2023, at the age of 85; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Edward and Loretta Knobel, the | ||
| former Norma Knobel was born in Greenville on March 28, 1938; she | ||
| graduated from Richardson High School, earned a secondary education | ||
| degree from North Texas State University, and taught history at | ||
| Richardson High; in 1963, she began dating Lamar Hunt, who had | ||
| founded the American Football League four years earlier; the couple | ||
| wed on January 22, 1964, and they shared more than 40 happy years | ||
| together before Mr. Hunt's death in 2006; they raised two sons, | ||
| Clark and Daniel, and Mrs. Hunt also took great pride in her five | ||
| grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Hunt provided vital support to her husband as | ||
| he realized a series of important achievements in the sports world, | ||
| including the merger of the American and National Football Leagues | ||
| and the formation of World Championship Tennis and Major League | ||
| Soccer; at Mrs. Hunt's behest, the couple were founding investors | ||
| in the NBA's Chicago Bulls; above all, the Hunt name became | ||
| synonymous with the NFL and particularly with the Kansas City | ||
| Chiefs franchise, which Mr. Hunt established in 1963 by relocating | ||
| his Dallas-based AFL team to a new market; known as the First Lady | ||
| of Football, Mrs. Hunt attended all 57 Super Bowls to date, | ||
| starting with Kansas City's appearance in the inaugural 1967 title | ||
| contest and concluding with the 2023 Super Bowl, in which the Chiefs | ||
| claimed their third Lombardi Trophy; currently, her son Clark Hunt | ||
| is chair and CEO of the family-owned team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in the community, Mrs. Hunt was a | ||
| prominent benefactor of the Dallas Museum of Art, and she supported | ||
| such entities as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Crystal Charity | ||
| Ball, and Park Cities Presbyterian Church; moreover, she was the | ||
| driving force in her family's acquisition of Bidwell Creek Vineyard | ||
| in California in 2000 and helped guide the development of its | ||
| award-winning wines; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Renowned for her generosity, her positive outlook, | ||
| and her abiding concern for others, Norma Hunt will be greatly | ||
| missed, but the passage of time will never diminish the joy and love | ||
| that she brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt and extend heartfelt condolences to the | ||
| members of her family: to her sons, Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia, | ||
| and Daniel Hunt and his wife, Toni; to her brother, Edward Knobel | ||
| III, and his wife, Paula; to her niece, Amy Knobel; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Gracelyn, Knobel, Ava, Darlington, and Tennyson | ||
| Hunt; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Norma Hunt. | ||
| Meyer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on July 13, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
