Bill Text: TX SR79 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lena Coleman-Wilson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-14 - Reported enrolled [SR79 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR79-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Lena Coleman-Wilson | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
| commemorates the life of Lena Coleman-Wilson, who died September | ||
| 8, 2021, at the age of 91; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lena Coleman-Wilson was born August 31, 1930, in | ||
| Seguin, Texas; she graduated from Homer G. Phillips School of | ||
| Nursing in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she received her license | ||
| as a registered nurse; after a six-year career in nursing, she | ||
| earned a degree in business from Oregon State University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Resourceful and innovative, Lena became an | ||
| accomplished entrepreneur; among her many notable endeavors, she | ||
| served as a job developer and counselor, and her contributions to | ||
| her community through her work included writing proposals and | ||
| creating programs to assist female heads of households, | ||
| displaced homemakers, and blind and handicapped employees; she | ||
| also initiated developments in real estate, community centers, | ||
| and scholarship foundations, and she eventually founded her own | ||
| consulting business; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lena was a woman of courage and strength who lived | ||
| her life in service unto others; her numerous accolades for her | ||
| community leadership included her selection as one of 85 "Women | ||
| of Distinction" by the Girl Scouts of America and a number of | ||
| lifetime achievement awards; as dedicated to her faith as she was | ||
| to her community, she served as a teacher and leader at Saint John | ||
| First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi for 30 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lena was dearly loved and cherished by her | ||
| husband, Frank Alfred Wilson Sr., and by her stepchildren and an | ||
| abundance of other family members; her giving and compassionate | ||
| spirit continues to live on in the hearts of those she left | ||
| behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
| condolences to the bereaved family of Lena Coleman-Wilson; 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 Lena Coleman-Wilson. | ||
| Hinojosa, Zaffirini | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on October 14, 2021, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
