Bill Text: TX HR130 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Sijifredo "Chacho" and Diana Flores of Benavides on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-05 - Reported enrolled [HR130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR130-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 130 |
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WHEREAS, A 50th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of | ||
mutual devotion and shared experiences, and Sijifredo and Diana | ||
Flores of Benavides are celebrating this joyous milestone in their | ||
marriage on June 25, 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, Both natives of Duval County, "Chacho" Flores and | ||
the former Diana Carrillo met on the first day of school when he was | ||
a freshman and she was an eighth-grader, and one month after her | ||
high school graduation in 1961, they were married at Santa Rosa de | ||
Lima Catholic Church in Benavides; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the years, Mr. and Mrs. Flores have been | ||
blessed with a treasured family that includes four children and | ||
their spouses, Luis Javier Flores and his wife, Gianna, Oscar | ||
Orlando Flores and his wife, Rose Marie, Juan Antonio Flores, and | ||
Emma Luella Buitron and her husband, Lorenzo, as well as their | ||
grandchildren, John Ross Flores, Stephanie Lynn Flores, Bianca | ||
Ovidia Buitron, Lorenzo Buitron II, and Jose Orlando Flores; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chacho Flores is the son of Salvador and Beatriz | ||
Flores, and Mrs. Flores is the daughter of former State | ||
Representative Oscar Carrillo, Sr., and Evangelina Garcia | ||
Carrillo; the couple are very active with Santa Rosa de Lima | ||
Catholic Church, where they have participated in many events and | ||
for 15 years prepared 250 pounds of carne guisada for the church's | ||
annual festival; they have also owned and operated their own | ||
businesses, Chacho's Drive-Thru and Diner and C&F Feed and | ||
Hardware; and | ||
WHEREAS, After running the family dairy and farming business | ||
for many years, Mr. Flores went on to serve as a Duval C | ||
ounty | ||
commissioner, as president of the Independent Milk Association, and | ||
as a member of the Lions Club; Mrs. Flores was a legal secretary for | ||
20 years, and she has long been active with the Catholic Daughters | ||
of the Americas as a regent, recording secretary, and vice-regent; | ||
she currently serves as the administrator of the district office of | ||
State Representative Ryan Guillen in Benavides; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Flores have enjoyed five decades of | ||
abiding love and affection for one another, and they are among an | ||
exceptional group of men and women who can claim such a lasting | ||
commitment; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Chacho and | ||
Diana Flores on their golden wedding anniversary and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Flores as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Guillen | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 130 was adopted by the House on June | ||
28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||