Bill Text: TX HR124 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry of San Benito.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR124-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 124 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their | ||
| memories of Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry of San Benito, who passed | ||
| away on April 21, 2023, at the age of 91; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Emeterio and Eva Arellano, Celia | ||
| Arellano Gentry was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on March 3, | ||
| 1932; she lived a fulfilling and joyous childhood alongside her | ||
| siblings; Ernestine, Antonia, Emeterio, Aurora and Rosemary. | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Gentry graduated in 1952 from San Benito High | ||
| School where she was a member of the San Benito Band. She attended | ||
| Texas Womans University and graduated with a Bachelor degree in | ||
| Education. In 1979 she attended Pan American University and | ||
| graduated with a Masters Degree in Special Education and in 1986 | ||
| received her Doctorate in Child Psychology from Texas Womans | ||
| University. | ||
| WHEREAS, Her teaching career started in 1954 in Palacios | ||
| CISD. She taught in Harlingen CISD and San Benito CISD for more than | ||
| 25 years. Dr. Gentry retired from Fort Worth CISD in 1999. After her | ||
| retirement, Dr. Gentry continued working for Weslaco CISD where she | ||
| taught special education classes and children who were very ill and | ||
| home bound. For over a decade, Dr. Gentry worked with numerous | ||
| children who needed individualized tutoring, especially children | ||
| that were impacted during Covid. Her teaching career spanned over | ||
| 68 years and touched the lives of over 2,000 children | ||
| WHEREAS, She took great pride in her three children, Leslie, | ||
| Bobby, and Yvonne; with the passage of time, her treasured family | ||
| grew to include six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry lived a life that was rich | ||
| in personal and professional achievements, and she will forever be | ||
| a source of inspiration to those she leaves behind; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Dr. Celia Arellano Gentry and extend heartfelt sympathy to the | ||
| members of her family: to her children, Leslie Whittemore, Bobby | ||
| Gentry and Yvonne Guerra; to her grandchildren, Christina Baker, | ||
| Katherine Whittaker, Bobby Gentry Jr., Westin Gentry, Taite Gentry, | ||
| and Elizabeth Carrillo; and to her other relatives and many | ||
| 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 Dr. Celia | ||
| Arellano Gentry. | ||
| Lopez of Cameron | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 124 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on December 5, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
