Bill Text: TX HR1911 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Joanne Russell Williams of Mineola.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1911-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1911 |
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WHEREAS, With the passing of Joanne Russell Williams on | ||
August 4, 2014, at the age of 83, the community of Mineola lost one | ||
of its most cherished residents; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born on July 27, 1931, in Grand Saline, the former | ||
Joanne Russell was the daughter of Herman and Effie Russell; she | ||
graduated from Grand Saline High School and went on to attend | ||
business college in Tyler; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Williams and her husband, Raymond, were loving | ||
parents to their two sons, Joe and Marty; for 65 years, the couple | ||
shared a close and caring relationship, and he preceded his wife in | ||
death by only 11 months; and | ||
WHEREAS, While her family always came first in her life, | ||
Mrs. Williams also devoted her time and energy to civic endeavors; | ||
a talented pianist, she played at countless church functions and | ||
funerals, helped to organize a cancer survivors' support group, and | ||
embarked on a career in the land title business at Wood County | ||
Title; in 1991, she was named Mineola Woman of the Year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Possessed of a kind and generous nature and admired | ||
for her elegant style, Joanne Williams made the world a better place | ||
for all who knew her, and they will forever hold her close in their | ||
hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Joanne Russell | ||
Williams and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
family: to her sons, Joe Williams and his wife, Chris, and Marty | ||
Williams and his wife, Nannette; to her grandchildren, Jason, Ryan, | ||
Kacie, Maria, and Stephanie Williams; to her great-grandchildren, | ||
Mackenzie Grantham, Caden Haugen, and Madison, Maecy, Kase, Kamryn, | ||
and Koley Williams; to her great-great-grandson, Cannon Goforth; | ||
and to her other relatives and 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 Joanne | ||
Russell Williams. | ||
Hughes | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1911 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 7, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||