Bill Text: TX HR1096 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Jean Ann Ables-Flatt of Terrell on her receipt of a lifetime achievement award from the Texas Historical Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-01 - Reported enrolled [HR1096 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1096-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1096 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Prominent genealogist and historian Jean Ann | ||
| Ables-Flatt of Terrell is receiving a lifetime achievement award | ||
| from the Texas Historical Commission on April 1, 2011, a date that | ||
| also marks this notable Texan's 81st birthday; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A sixth generation resident of Kaufman County, | ||
| Ms. Ables-Flatt is an emeritus member and past chair of the Kaufman | ||
| County Historical Commission, which has earned the Distinguished | ||
| Service Award from the Texas Historical Commission for the past 15 | ||
| years under her strong leadership; she has documented the history | ||
| of Terrell and Kaufman County through playwriting, historical | ||
| tours, and programs for schoolchildren and service clubs, drawing | ||
| on her background in theater to bring the past to life; in addition, | ||
| she has devoted more than 4,000 hours as a volunteer genealogist at | ||
| the Riter C. Hulsey Public Library in Terrell; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Ables-Flatt served as a member of the Texas | ||
| Historical Commission from 1999 to 2005; the current state nominee | ||
| for the office of Historian General for the Daughters of the | ||
| Republic of Texas, she sponsored the first African American members | ||
| to join that organization; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jean Ann Ables-Flatt has helped ensure that future | ||
| generations will have a tangible connection with the history of | ||
| this state, and she is truly deserving of special recognition; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Jean Ann Ables-Flatt on her receipt of a | ||
| lifetime achievement award from the Texas Historical Commission and | ||
| extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Ables-Flatt as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Gooden | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1096 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 31, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
