Bill Text: TX HR1586 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the rededication of the Hines Cemetery in Edna on the 150th anniversary of its founding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1586 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1586-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1586 |
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WHEREAS, The Hines Cemetery Association is celebrating the | ||
rededication of the historic burial ground in Edna on May 20, 2023, | ||
the 150th anniversary of the cemetery's founding; and | ||
WHEREAS, In February 1873, Joe and Flora Hines purchased 200 | ||
acres of land in Jackson County and set aside 10 acres for use as a | ||
family graveyard; they had been born into slavery and transported | ||
to Texas by Robert C. Hines from his plantation in Hinesville, | ||
Liberty County, Georgia; the couple lived in Henderson, Texas, | ||
before moving to Morales around 1864; and | ||
WHEREAS, Together, Joe and Flora Hines had 12 children, | ||
including three from her first marriage to Joe Robinson, Alfred, | ||
Joe, and Tira, and the nine children of their own union, Tom, Bill, | ||
Reuben, Mary, Jane, Francis, Rosa, Harriet, and Julia; today, they | ||
have more than 350 known descendants; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Hines Cemetery Association was established in | ||
2017 as a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of | ||
preserving the historical integrity of the burial ground; the | ||
association's board is composed of descendants of Joe and Flora | ||
Hines, and its original members were Sammie E. Brooks, president, | ||
Beverly Callis Campbell, secretary-treasurer, Hugh Hines, grounds | ||
coordinator, and Leonard Hines, assistant grounds coordinator; | ||
today, the board includes Matthew Wesley Plummer Jr., president, | ||
Bruce Butler, first vice president, Brian Plummer, second vice | ||
president, Robert Hood Jr., secretary, Rolanda Hood Williams, | ||
assistant secretary, Farouk O. Plummer, treasurer, and Carl Freddie | ||
Hines, grounds coordinator; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 150 years, the Hines Cemetery has served as a | ||
final resting place for tenacious men and women who braved many | ||
hardships while striving to build a better life for their families, | ||
and its preservation is a tribute to the constancy and devotion of | ||
their descendants; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the rededication of the Hines | ||
Cemetery on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding | ||
and commend the members of the Hines Cemetery Association for their | ||
efforts; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Morrison | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1586 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||