Bill Text: TX SR151 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lucia Carmona Garcia of Bexar County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-11 - Reported enrolled [SR151 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR151-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Lucia Carmona Garcia | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Bexar County in mourning the loss of Lucia Carmona | ||
Garcia, who died February 2, 2013, at the age of 80; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lucy Carmona was born January 24, 1933, in Laredo; | ||
she married Anacleto M. Garcia, Jr., on June 9, 1951, and the | ||
couple moved to San Antonio in 1956; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lucy became a well-known pillar of the San Antonio | ||
community and served as president of the Parent Teacher | ||
Association for the Edgewood school district; she also served as | ||
a social worker, and she founded Holy Family Senior Nutrition | ||
Program and managed it for 20 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, She was a dedicated community activist who was | ||
highly involved with Democratic Party political campaigns; in | ||
1984, she was commissioned a Yellow Rose of Texas by Governor | ||
Mark White and was appointed Hidalgo de San Antonio de Bejar by | ||
the Bexar County Commissioners Court; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lucy was a generous, kindhearted person who was | ||
respected in the community for her many accomplishments and for | ||
her courage in the face of her illness; she was a woman of deep | ||
faith, and she was devoted to her husband, her children, her | ||
grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lucy Garcia was a source of strength and joy to | ||
others and was beloved by many, and she will long be remembered | ||
with affection and appreciation by all who were privileged to | ||
share in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Lucia Carmona Garcia; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Lucy Garcia. | ||
Van de Putte | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 11, 2013, | ||
by a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |