Bill Text: TX HR2112 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Mary Matilda Factory on her recognition at the 2019 Women's Leadership Summit in Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR2112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2112-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Mary Matilda Factory on her recognition at the 2019 Women's Leadership Summit in Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR2112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2112-Introduced.html
86R28629 BPG-D | ||
By: Sherman, Sr. | H.R. No. 2112 |
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WHEREAS, An inspiring centenarian, Mary Matilda Factory is | ||
being honored at the 2019 Women's Leadership Summit, which is being | ||
held in Dallas from June 14 to 15; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1964, Mrs. Factory became the first African | ||
American employed by North American Rockwell, one of the nation's | ||
leading aerospace contractors, based in McAlester, Oklahoma; she | ||
served the space program as an electric assembler, and she received | ||
the Apollo Achievement Award as a member of the Apollo 11 mission | ||
team, whose efforts culminated in the first moon landing; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Factory was born Mary Matilda Johnson in | ||
Blocker, Oklahoma, on January 17, 1919; the daughter of Melvina and | ||
Jess Johnson, she was raised by her Aunt Rebecca and Henry Owens; | ||
after graduating from Vernon High School, she married John Lewis | ||
Factory in 1941, and they became the parents of seven children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recognized as the mother of Mount Triumph Baptist | ||
Church, Mrs. Factory has been a member of the congregation for more | ||
than 75 years; she is blessed with the companionship of her four | ||
surviving children, Robert, Cynthia, Karen, and Patricia, and she | ||
loves mentoring younger family members and sharing stories of her | ||
life's adventures; in addition, she stays busy tending to financial | ||
matters and enjoys travel, cooking, reading, and following current | ||
events; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mary Factory has witnessed a panorama of change over | ||
the course of a century, making her own contribution to history | ||
along the way, and her wisdom and experience are a source of | ||
inspiration to all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Matilda Factory on her | ||
recognition at the 2019 Women's Leadership Summit in Dallas and | ||
extend to her sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Factory as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |