Bill Text: TX SR689 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
88R33249 AMB-D | ||
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 689 |
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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 88th Texas 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. |