Bill Text: TX HR1213 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Denise Rosalyn Davis Hopkins of Liberty Hill.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-27 - Reported enrolled [HR1213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1213-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1213 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Denise | ||
| Rosalyn Davis Hopkins of Liberty Hill, who passed away on January | ||
| 30, 2015, at the age of 63; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe and Hattie Davis, the former | ||
| Denise Davis was born in New Orleans on November 5, 1951; she grew | ||
| up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School and Hill | ||
| College; joined in matrimony to Terry L. Hopkins, an officer in the | ||
| United States Army, she became the devoted mother of four treasured | ||
| children, Tiffany, Adam, Benjamin, and Elizabeth; she shared a | ||
| fulfilling relationship of 30 years with Lieutenant Colonel Hopkins | ||
| before his untimely passing in 2002; fortunate enough to find love a | ||
| second time, she married Hal Harkins; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Hopkins taught in public schools in Hillsboro, | ||
| Mount Pleasant, and Red Oak before joining the faculty of Jo Ann | ||
| Ford Elementary in the Georgetown Independent School District as a | ||
| math and science teacher; proud of her adopted home, she loved to | ||
| share her knowledge of the state's heritage, and she played a key | ||
| role in the creation of the Texas History Wax Museum at the school; | ||
| she also delighted in taking her fourth-graders on trips to the | ||
| Bullock Texas State History Museum and the State Capitol; during | ||
| her 11-year tenure, she motivated others with her strong school | ||
| spirit, and she was an especially enthusiastic participant in | ||
| campus dress-up days; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Engaged in her community, Ms. Hopkins served as | ||
| secretary of the Aggie Moms Club of Williamson County, and she was a | ||
| valued member of St. John's United Methodist Church in Georgetown; | ||
| she performed in its bell choir and served the congregation in other | ||
| capacities as well; in her free time, she enjoyed skiing with her | ||
| family, but relegated to the bunny slope after 35 years, she | ||
| eventually decided she preferred leisurely weekends with | ||
| Mr. Harkins at bed-and-breakfast inns; she was also known for both | ||
| her inability to drive past a "sale" sign and her staunch opposition | ||
| to paying full price for shoes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Denise Hopkins made a positive difference in the | ||
| lives of innumerable youngsters through her commitment to | ||
| education, and those who were privileged to know her will forever | ||
| treasure their memories of her bright smile, her wonderful sense of | ||
| humor, and her kind and caring ways; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Denise Rosalyn | ||
| Davis Hopkins and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
| family: to her children, Tiffany Dawn Hopkins, Adam Bradford Davis | ||
| Hopkins, Benjamin John Davis Hopkins, and Elizabeth Anne Hopkins; | ||
| to her husband, Hal Harkins; and to her other relatives and many | ||
| friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas House | ||
| of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Denise | ||
| Hopkins. | ||
| Farney | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1213 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 26, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
