Bill Text: TX SR484 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Nancy Lefeber Hughes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-27 - Reported enrolled [SR484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR484-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Nancy Hughes | ||
WHEREAS, A caring and purposeful life came to an untimely | ||
end with the passing of Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes of Galveston on | ||
March 18, 2022, at the age of 67; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Galveston on December 21, 1954, to Edward | ||
and Ellie Lefeber, the former Nancy Ellen Lefeber grew up with | ||
the companionship of five older siblings, Edward, John, Robert, | ||
Ann, and Donald; she graduated from Ball High School in 1973 and | ||
married her high school sweetheart, Michael B. Hughes, in 1976; | ||
as the daughter of a physician and a nurse, she was drawn to | ||
medicine, and after earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from | ||
The University of Texas at Austin, she worked as a nurse at | ||
St. David's Hospital for 10 years; later, she continued her | ||
nursing career in Galveston in the intensive care unit at the | ||
former St. Mary's Hospital and in the oncology department of The | ||
University of Texas Medical Branch; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following in her father's footsteps, Ms. Hughes | ||
returned to school to study medicine, graduating from the UTMB | ||
Medical School in 1994, when she was 39 years old; she worked as a | ||
primary care physician at UTMB from 1994 to 2008, before starting | ||
her own private practice, Internal Medicine Associates of | ||
Galveston; over the years, she managed her practice with | ||
diligence and cared for her patients with the utmost compassion; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Hughes was the devoted mother of three | ||
children, Laura, Katherine, and Matthew, and she was further | ||
blessed with two grandsons, Davis and Connor; she enjoyed hosting | ||
family gatherings at the home in Galveston's East End that she | ||
purchased and restored with her husband, and in addition to | ||
spending time with her loved ones, she was fond of rollerblading, | ||
sailing at Sea Star Base Galveston, making arts and crafts, going | ||
to see the Houston Grand Opera, and traveling the world; she was a | ||
lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where she displayed | ||
her beautiful singing voice, and she also played the violin in | ||
the Galveston Symphony Orchestra for many years alongside her | ||
husband, a cellist; and | ||
WHEREAS, While the passing of Dr. Nancy Hughes brings | ||
great sadness to her family, friends, and patients, she leaves | ||
behind a legacy that will forever be cherished; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Nancy Lefeber | ||
Hughes and extend deepest sympathy to all those who mourn her | ||
passing; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns | ||
this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Nancy Lefeber Hughes. | ||
Middleton | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 27, 2023, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |