Bill Text: TX HR1085 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Caroline Booth of Denton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1085 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1085-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1085 |
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WHEREAS, The passing of Caroline Booth of Denton on March 24, | ||
2019, at the age of 42, has brought a profound loss to the family and | ||
many dear friends of this beloved woman; and | ||
WHEREAS, Caroline Booth was born in San Antonio on January | ||
24, 1977, to Julie and John Booth; after graduating from Denton High | ||
School in 1995, she earned a bachelor's degree in animal science and | ||
agricultural journalism from Texas A&M University; she later went | ||
back to school and obtained her master's degree in public | ||
administration from the University of North Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Booth began her career as the editor of the Land | ||
and Livestock Post, a publication of the Bryan-College Station | ||
Eagle; she went on to work as a communications specialist for the | ||
Noble Foundation of Ardmore, Oklahoma, before returning to Denton | ||
and taking a job as the volunteer coordinator and development | ||
director for the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home; she then | ||
served as communications director for the UNT library, and in 2014, | ||
she became the business development officer of Denton Municipal | ||
Electric; the following year, she was hired by the City of Denton's | ||
planning and development department, where she was promoted to | ||
director of development in 2016; along the way, she continued to | ||
serve the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home as a board member | ||
and also held membership in the Denton Benefit League; and | ||
WHEREAS, Fiercely devoted to her family, Ms. Booth was | ||
blessed to share her life with her husband, Michael Upshaw, and she | ||
took great pride in her two sons, Andrew and Luke; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although the untimely loss of Caroline Booth has | ||
deeply saddened all those who held her dear, they will forever | ||
treasure their memories of the joy, love, and laughter that she | ||
brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Caroline Booth and | ||
extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
husband, Michael Upshaw; to her sons, Andrew Lara and Luke Upshaw; | ||
to her father and stepmother, John Booth and Patti Richard; to her | ||
mother and stepfather, Julie and Gary Stillwell; to her sister, | ||
Char Booth; to her step-siblings, Alexandra Cappelletti and Kristi | ||
and Matt Stillwell; to her grandfather, Thomas D. Murphy III; and | ||
to her 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 House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Caroline | ||
Booth. | ||
Stucky | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1085 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 12, 2019. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||