Bill Text: TX SR81 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Alice Jane Boulter Littlejohn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [SR81 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR81-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Jane Littlejohn | ||
| WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Alice | ||
| Jane Boulter Littlejohn of Marshall, who passed away on November 7, | ||
| 2023, at the age of 93; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Robert Spurgeon Boulter and Cecil | ||
| Taylor Boulter, the former Jane Boulter was born in Swan on | ||
| September 21, 1930; she met her future husband, Orin Littlejohn, as | ||
| a student at North Texas State Teachers College, and she went on to | ||
| complete her bachelor's degree in drama education at The University | ||
| of Texas at Austin; after Dr. Littlejohn completed his training as | ||
| a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, they married and lived in Apple | ||
| Valley, California; Mrs. Littlejohn taught school in Victorville | ||
| before returning to Texas for the birth of her first child, Robert; | ||
| she then earned her elementary school teaching certificate at | ||
| Stephen F. Austin State College and taught in Dallas for several | ||
| years while her husband completed medical school; once settled in | ||
| Marshall, they were blessed with a daughter, Eleeza; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Littlejohn was dedicated to her community and | ||
| served as president of the Marshall Medical Auxiliary and as a | ||
| member of the Harrison County Historical Society, the Marshall | ||
| Symphony Orchestra, La Belle Maison, and Republican Women of | ||
| Harrison County Texas; in addition, she taught Sunday school at | ||
| First Presbyterian Church and was involved in the women's ministry; | ||
| she and her husband were greatly inspired by the citywide Festivals | ||
| of Faith in the early 1970s and traveled to churches across the | ||
| Southwest as members of numerous Covenant Fellowship of | ||
| Presbyterians lay renewal teams; in the 1980s, they played key | ||
| roles in the founding of Evangelical Presbyterian Church of | ||
| Marshall; each morning, they prayed and read the Bible together, | ||
| memorizing passages; they were active in Marshall Prayer Force, A | ||
| Praying Life Seminars, and the National Evangelical Presbyterian | ||
| Church as well; a gracious hostess, Mrs. Littlejohn welcomed | ||
| countless relatives, friends, and acquaintances from across the | ||
| country and around the world into her home, for an evening or for | ||
| weeks; she was an incurable optimist who saw the best in others and | ||
| freely offered encouragement to everyone she met; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jane Littlejohn brightened the days of innumerable | ||
| people through her kindness, wry sense of humor, and whimsical | ||
| flare for the dramatic, and although she is sadly missed by those | ||
| she left behind, they will treasure their memories of her devotion | ||
| to her family and faith; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
| Jane Littlejohn and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
| family: to her children, Dr. Robert Littlejohn and his wife, | ||
| Teresa, and Eleeza Littlejohn Rex and her husband, Robert; to her | ||
| grandchildren, David Littlejohn, Katelyn Kirnie, Logan Rex, Parker | ||
| Rex, Katherine Hely, and Alison Rex; to her seven | ||
| great-grandchildren; and to her many other relatives and 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 Alice Jane Boulter Littlejohn. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on December 5, 2023, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
