Bill Text: TX HR116 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Clara Jo Davis on her retirement as a community columnist for the Athens Review.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR116-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 116 |
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WHEREAS, Clara Jo Davis retired as a community columnist for | ||
the Athens Review in 2012, drawing to a close a successful career in | ||
journalism that has spanned more than 30 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Before taking up her most recent vocation, | ||
Mrs. Davis spent many years as a caterer, baking wedding and | ||
birthday cakes, as well as homemade bread, for members of her | ||
community; after her work in the food industry, she drove a school | ||
bus for the Cross Roads, Athens, and Malakoff school districts for | ||
18 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Davis's deep roots in Henderson County and her | ||
"passion for food, church, and her friends" served her well over the | ||
course of her long affiliation with the Athens Review; her weekly | ||
columns, which centered on the Cross Roads and Shady Oak areas, were | ||
widely admired and appreciated, and subscribers benefited every | ||
issue from her wide-ranging reminiscences and from her helpful | ||
updates on community life; and | ||
WHEREAS, An alumna of Cross Roads School, the former Clara Jo | ||
Morrison married Osburn Davis in 1944, and the couple became the | ||
parents of a daughter, Bobbie Karan; though these two beloved | ||
figures in her life have since passed, Mrs. Davis still enjoys the | ||
company of her sister, Bobbie Matthews, and her husband, Carl Lee; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Even in retirement, Mrs. Davis plans to continue | ||
serving the newspaper, as she will use her experience to guide the | ||
new Cross Roads and Shady Oak community columnist, Peggy Trammel | ||
Allen, toward a successful writing career; and | ||
WHEREAS, Held in fond esteem by her colleagues for her | ||
friendliness and unfailing dedication to her work, Clara Jo Davis | ||
may indeed take pride in her three-decade record of outstanding | ||
journalism and in the great pleasure that she has given to others | ||
over these many years; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Clara Jo Davis on her retirement as | ||
a community columnist for the Athens Review and extend to her | ||
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Davis as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Gooden | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 116 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||