Bill Text: TX HR2470 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Frances Helen Russell of Brookeland.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR2470 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2470-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2470 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Longtime Golden Triangle resident Frances Helen | ||
| Russell of Brookeland passed away on May 1, 2013, at the age of 82; | ||
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| WHEREAS, A Port Arthur native, Mrs. Russell graduated from | ||
| Crozier Tech High School in Dallas in 1948 and went on to obtain her | ||
| nursing education from Lamar University; she subsequently embarked | ||
| on a career as an operating room nurse at Christus Hospital-St. | ||
| Elizabeth in Beaumont, where she worked for many years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Russell shared a rewarding marriage with her | ||
| husband, Ellis Russell, and she was the devoted mother of two | ||
| children, Marilyn and Jim; over time, her family grew to include 10 | ||
| grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, in whom she took great | ||
| pride; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known for her fun-loving personality, Frances | ||
| Russell touched the lives of countless people, and those she leaves | ||
| behind will cherish their memories of this kind and caring woman; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Frances Helen Russell | ||
| and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
| husband, Ellis Russell; to her daughter, Marilyn Matlock; to her | ||
| son, Jim Russell; to her sister, Marilyn Weeks; to her | ||
| grandchildren and great-grandchildren; 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 Frances | ||
| Helen Russell. | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2470 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 24, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
