Bill Text: TX HR632 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Millie Johnson Washington of Houston on her 92nd birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR632 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR632-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 632 |
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WHEREAS, The 92nd birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
cause for celebration, and Millie Johnson Washington of Houston | ||
marked this special occasion in her life on February 18, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in 1927, she lived in the Mims community in | ||
Brazoria County before moving to Houston in 1943; she graduated | ||
from Jack Yates High School and Johnson Business School and went on | ||
to complete her bachelor's degree in elementary education and her | ||
master's degree in education at Texas Southern University; on | ||
August 25, 1951, she married Dave M. Washington, and the devoted | ||
couple became the parents of six children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Washington taught in the Houston Independent | ||
School District for 33 years, serving at John M. Langston, Matthew | ||
W. Dogan, and Robert Lee Frost Elementary Schools; she was involved | ||
in the integration process from an early stage, and in 1965, she | ||
joined one of the first groups of educators to train for the Head | ||
Start Program at Southern Methodist University; moreover, she | ||
worked in the Say Yes to a Youngster's Future initiative, | ||
encouraging greater interest in math, science, and technology among | ||
girls and children from minority backgrounds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following her retirement in 1992, Mrs. Washington | ||
continued to volunteer at school for a number of years; she has also | ||
benefited her community as a member of numerous professional and | ||
civic organizations, and she is currently active in the | ||
Houston-Harris County Retired Teachers Association and the Jones | ||
Memorial Area Senior Group; a member of Jerusalem Missionary | ||
Baptist Church since 1945, she has served the congregation in | ||
myriad capacities; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Washington is surrounded by the love and | ||
affection of a large, admiring circle that includes her children, | ||
Levetta, Sandra, Dave, Jerome Andre, and Ezra Hosea, her | ||
grandchildren, Darian Nicole and Ezra Hosea Jr., and her "specially | ||
chosen grandson," Spencer Joseph Rogers, his wife, Jennie, and the | ||
couple's two children, Joshua and Journee Marie; and | ||
WHEREAS, Meeting life's challenges with resilience, | ||
optimism, and determination, Mille Johnson Washington holds a | ||
special place in the hearts of her family and friends, and she is a | ||
continuing 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 Millie Johnson Washington on her | ||
92nd birthday 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. Washington as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Dutton | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 632 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||