Bill Text: TX HR110 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Norma Linda Martinez Gallegos of Brownsville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR110-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 110 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Norma Linda Martinez Gallegos of Brownsville on October | ||
| 29, 2014, at the age of 70; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Tomasa and Raul Martinez, the former | ||
| Norma Martinez was born in Brownsville in June 1944; she graduated | ||
| from Brownsville High School in 1963 and went on to build a 27-year | ||
| career as an elementary teacher, reading specialist, and | ||
| facilitator before retiring in 2000 to dedicate more time to her | ||
| family; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Gallegos was a devoted wife to her husband of | ||
| 46 years, Ruben Gallegos, and the proud mother of two children, | ||
| Ruben and Norma Linda; she adored her two grandsons and enjoyed | ||
| attending and hosting family gatherings, visiting Las Vegas, and | ||
| listening to the music of Elvis Presley; a woman of strong religious | ||
| convictions as well, she was a valued member of the community of | ||
| faith at St. Mary's Catholic Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Norma Gallegos inspired those around her with her | ||
| courage, kindness, and optimism, and although she is deeply missed, | ||
| the loved ones she leaves behind will long remember her with great | ||
| tenderness and affection; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature pay tribute to the life of Norma Linda Martinez | ||
| Gallegos and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
| family: to her husband, Dr. Ruben Gallegos; to her children, Ruben | ||
| Gallegos Jr. and his wife, Lisa, and Dr. Norma Linda | ||
| Gallegos-Flores and her husband, Art; to her grandsons, Ruben | ||
| Gallegos III and Raul Alfonso Gallegos; to her sisters, Yolanda | ||
| Garza and her husband, Lupe, and Sylvia Gomez and her husband, | ||
| Rolando; to her brother, Raul Martinez Jr. and his wife, Jeannie; | ||
| and to her other friends and relatives, including Dr. Manuel and | ||
| Raquel Gomez, Eddie and Elida Martinez, Lupe and Odilia Gonzalez, | ||
| Saul and Irma Villarreal, Juan and Rosie Gonzalez, David and Janie | ||
| Majors, Luis and Diana Liendo, and Jesse and Delma Gallegos; 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 Norma Linda | ||
| Martinez Gallegos. | ||
| Lucio III | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 110 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on February 19, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
