Bill Text: TX HR1293 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Drusilla Knight-Villarreal of Corpus Christi.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR1293 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1293-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Drusilla Knight-Villarreal of Corpus Christi.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR1293 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1293-Introduced.html
87R21874 KSM-D | ||
By: Hunter | H.R. No. 1293 |
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WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal of Corpus Christi, an | ||
esteemed educator and friend to many, passed away on January 21, | ||
2020, at the age of 68; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Margaret and Drew Harrison, the | ||
former Drusilla Harrison was born on July 25, 1951; she completed | ||
both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&M | ||
University-Kingsville; over the course of a 33-year career with the | ||
Corpus Christi Independent School District, she taught in the | ||
special education department of South Park Middle School and then | ||
in the CCISD Homebound Program; she wrote a weekly column on | ||
education for the Flour Bluff Sun and Coastal Bend Sun, and for two | ||
decades, she served on the District-Level Planning and | ||
Decision-Making Committee; in addition, she was vice president of | ||
the Corpus Christi AFT; at the state level, she served on the | ||
Teachers' Professional Practices Commission and the Texas | ||
Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education; moreover, she | ||
contributed to her community as a board member and advisor for CASA | ||
of Nueces County; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Knight-Villarreal was active in politics from | ||
an early age; she was district committeewoman of the Texas Young | ||
Republicans, and she went on to work with the Nueces County | ||
Republican Women and serve on the boards of both the Texas and | ||
National Federations of Republican Women; she also helped organize | ||
the Nueces County Republican Convention for many years and attended | ||
county, state, and national Republican conventions as a delegate 40 | ||
times; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, Ms. Knight-Villarreal shared | ||
a fulfilling marriage with her husband, Homero C. Villarreal, and | ||
the couple enjoyed traveling the world together; she took great | ||
pride in her son, Adam, and her grandchildren, Asher and Erin, as | ||
well as in her stepdaughters, Sandra and Ana Maria, and their | ||
children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Drusilla Knight-Villarreal greatly benefited her | ||
fellow citizens through her professional and civic contributions | ||
alike, and although her loss is keenly felt by those she left | ||
behind, they will forever treasure their memories of her tremendous | ||
warmth, kindness, and compassion; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Drusilla | ||
Knight-Villarreal and extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones; | ||
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 Drusilla | ||
Knight-Villarreal. |