Bill Text: TX HR1116 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Melba Jean Ethridge on her 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-17 - Referred to Resolutions Calendars [HR1116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1116-Introduced.html
88R19868 CJM-D | ||
By: Slaton | H.R. No. 1116 |
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WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
cause for celebration, and Melba Jean Ethridge is marking that | ||
special milestone on November 1, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Estelle and Tennie Ham, the former | ||
Melba Jean Ham was born in 1933 in a small frame house in Lynn | ||
County; she learned from her parents the value of hard work, | ||
honesty, and integrity, and she went on to enjoy a successful | ||
47-year career as a beautician; and | ||
WHEREAS, She married Edgar Eugene Ethridge, a World War II | ||
veteran, on June 1, 1949, and the couple shared more than six | ||
decades together, until Mr. Ethridge's passing in 2011; they raised | ||
their three sons, Doyle, Eddie, and Steven, in Slaton, and with the | ||
passing years, Mrs. Ethridge has delighted in becoming "Nannie" to | ||
her beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Melba Jean Ethridge has witnessed a panorama of | ||
change over the course of nine decades, and she has met life's | ||
challenges and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the | ||
deep admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Melba Jean Ethridge on the joyous | ||
occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes | ||
for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Ethridge as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |