Bill Text: TX HR1054 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Pamela Christine Brandes Tackett of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1054 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1054-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1054 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Pamela | ||
| Christine Brandes Tackett of Austin, who passed away on March 26, | ||
| 2021, at the age of 75; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born on August 4, 1945, to Woodrow and Christine | ||
| Brandes, the former Pam Brandes grew up in Ganado with the | ||
| companionship of a brother, Woodrow; she was the senior class | ||
| president and salutatorian at Ganado High School, where she also | ||
| participated in the band, the drama club, and American Legion | ||
| Auxiliary Girls State and was awarded the title of Homecoming Grand | ||
| Duchess; she went on to attend Trinity University in San Antonio | ||
| before transferring to The University of Texas at Austin and | ||
| earning her bachelor's degree in business administration in 1968; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Tackett embarked on a 45-year career in public | ||
| education in 1968, when she was hired by the Texas Education Agency | ||
| as a secretary for its typing pool; by the time she retired in 2001, | ||
| she was serving as executive director of the State Board for | ||
| Educator Certification, an agency that regulates the certification | ||
| and standards of conduct of all public school educators in Texas; | ||
| after retiring, she consulted with school districts on the creation | ||
| of early college high schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While pursuing a highly successful career, | ||
| Ms. Tackett devoted herself to her family; she wed Steve Tackett in | ||
| September 1967, and during a marriage that spanned more than five | ||
| decades, the couple raised two treasured children, Cara and Ross, | ||
| and were further blessed with three precious grandchildren, | ||
| William, Austin, and Elizabeth; she and her husband were longtime | ||
| members of the First United Methodist Church of Austin and its | ||
| Downtowners Sunday school class, and they volunteered generously | ||
| with Mobile Loaves and Fishes, the Appalachia Service Project, the | ||
| Reconciling Ministries Network, and other ministries; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pamela Tackett lived a life that was rich in | ||
| personal and professional achievements, and she will forever be a | ||
| source of inspiration to those she leaves behind; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Pamela Christine | ||
| Brandes Tackett and extend heartfelt sympathy to her family and | ||
| friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Pamela | ||
| Tackett. | ||
| Neave | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1054 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 14, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
