Bill Text: TX SR689 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Eileen Haynes Collins.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR689 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR689-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Eileen Collins | ||
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their | ||
memories of Eileen Haynes Collins of Bloomburg, who passed away | ||
on January 15, 2022, at the age of 72; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Horace and Lois Glass Haynes, the | ||
former Eileen Haynes was born on July 20, 1949; after graduating | ||
from Bloomburg High School in 1967, she earned degrees from East | ||
Texas State University and Louisiana State University Medical | ||
Center; she went on to enjoy a rewarding career in education as a | ||
teacher and speech therapist with Caddo Parish Public Schools in | ||
Shreveport, Louisiana; following her retirement from the | ||
district after 26 years, she continued her work as a speech | ||
therapist with Cass County Shared Services; and | ||
WHEREAS, Highly engaged in her community, Ms. Collins | ||
presided over two conservative Republican women's clubs and | ||
excelled as chair of the Cass County Republican Party for more | ||
than a decade; she also gave generously of her time and talents to | ||
Keep Texas Beautiful; a woman of deep faith, she was a lifelong | ||
member of Bloomburg First Baptist Church, where she served the | ||
congregation as a pianist and organist and was active in the | ||
children's ministry; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Collins benefited from | ||
the love and support of her husband, Jerry, with whom she shared a | ||
fulfilling union of 54 years; she was the proud mother of three | ||
children, Jeffrey, Mitchell, and Robin, and she had the pleasure of | ||
welcoming into her family eight grandchildren, Jacob, Lindsay, | ||
Christian, Sydney, Gracie, Carter, Avery, and Emory; and | ||
WHEREAS, Eileen Collins lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
devoted to her family, her community, and her faith, and she | ||
leaves behind a legacy of kindness and generosity that will | ||
continue to inspire all those who knew and loved her; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Eileen Haynes | ||
Collins and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
family: to her husband, Jerry Collins; to her children, Jeffrey | ||
Collins and his wife, Samira, Mitchell Collins and his wife, | ||
Lauri, and Robin Russell and her husband, Jim; to her | ||
grandchildren, Lindsay Armstrong, Jacob, Christian, Sydney, | ||
Gracie, and Carter Collins, and Avery and Emory Russell; and to | ||
her other relatives and many friends; 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 Eileen Collins. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2023, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |