Bill Text: TX HCR53 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Lettie England of Odessa for her contributions to the community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-04 - Signed by the Governor [HCR53 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR53-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 53 |
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WHEREAS, Lettie England of Odessa is an outstanding community | ||
leader whose achievements and tireless efforts have immeasurably | ||
enhanced cultural life in her area; and | ||
WHEREAS, From 2004 through 2010, Ms. England served as | ||
administrator of the Presidential Archives and Leadership Library, | ||
which is dedicated to the study of the office of the presidency and | ||
of our nation's constitutional government and presidential | ||
election process; she first joined the museum staff in the 1980s as | ||
education/marketing director, during which time she was essential | ||
to the construction of an exhibit depicting the chronology and | ||
history of the United States from George Washington's presidency to | ||
President Kennedy and the Civil Rights Era; she has worked | ||
diligently through the years to support the institution, and her | ||
leadership was especially vital following the arson fire in 2007 | ||
that damaged the historic home once owned by former President | ||
George H. W. Bush, which stands on the museum grounds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. England has also devoted herself to assisting | ||
children and the elderly during her 56 years as an Odessa resident; | ||
she served as president of the Austin Elementary School PTA for | ||
three years and was appointed to the Ector County Child Welfare | ||
Board and the Tri-Ethnic Committee of the Ector County Independent | ||
School District; she advocated for the young, the elderly, and the | ||
arts both locally and statewide as a volunteer in the political | ||
arena; and | ||
WHEREAS, A licensed social worker, Ms. England is certified | ||
as a family life educator by the National Council of Family | ||
Relations and has many years' experience as a social worker in | ||
hospice and long-term care; she served as a member of the public | ||
policy committee of the Texas Association of Homes and Services for | ||
the Aging; moreover, she founded the Midland Odessa chapter of the | ||
Compassionate Friends support group for the bereaved; with degrees | ||
in psychology, education, and history, she has served as a | ||
continuing education instructor at Midland and Odessa College and | ||
as a guest lecturer in the sociology department of The University of | ||
Texas of the Permian Basin; she has also served on the board of the | ||
Permian Playhouse and was instrumental in obtaining a grant to | ||
support the playhouse; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her myriad endeavors, this dynamic Texan has | ||
made Odessa a better place to live and work, and it is indeed a | ||
pleasure to recognize her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby honor Lettie England for her contributions to her community | ||
and extend to her best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. England as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
Landgraf | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 53 was adopted by the House on March | ||
13, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 53 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
March 25, 2019, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |