Bill Text: TX HR2474 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Mary Alice Martin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2474-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2474 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Mary Alice Martin on May 16, 2023, at the age of 99; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former Mary Alice Michal was born on July 10, | ||
| 1923; she spent part of her childhood on her family's farm near | ||
| Flatonia but was raised mostly in Zimmerman, Louisiana; she | ||
| graduated from Boyce High School; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On April 17, 1948, this beloved woman exchanged | ||
| wedding vows with Edward Doyle Martin, and they shared a rewarding | ||
| marriage that spanned six and a half decades before Mr. Martin's | ||
| death in 2013; as newlyweds, the couple moved to Orange and then to | ||
| Houston; they became the proud parents of four children, Larry, | ||
| Edward, Joyce, and Terry, and Mrs. Martin later experienced the joy | ||
| of seeing her family grow to include four grandchildren and four | ||
| great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Martin devoted many years to teaching and | ||
| caring for her children as well as her parents, who also lived in | ||
| Houston; she was blessed with a wide circle of friends, and she was | ||
| a valued congregant of Baptist Temple Church and Oak Forest Baptist | ||
| Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Possessed of a warm and generous nature and a joyous | ||
| zest for life, Mary Alice Martin brightened the world 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 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Alice Martin | ||
| and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
| children, Edward Martin and his wife, Patsy, Joyce McMillan and her | ||
| husband, Robert, and Terry Martin; to her grandchildren, Leah, | ||
| Bobby, Phillip, and Amy; to her great-grandchildren, Ian, Gracie, | ||
| Aton, and Everly; to her nieces and nephews; to her close friend, | ||
| Lezlie Shell; 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 Mary Alice | ||
| Martin. | ||
| Walle | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2474 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
