Bill Text: TX HR1309 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Elizabeth Graham Hill of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-15 - Reported enrolled [HR1309 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1309-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1309 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and | ||
| talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better | ||
| place through their actions, and Elizabeth Graham Hill of Houston, | ||
| who passed away on June 1, 2014, was indeed one such person; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Olney on July 12, 1924, to Roy Jewel and Ruby | ||
| Andrews Graham, Elizabeth Ann Graham grew up on the family ranch in | ||
| Anarene; after graduating from Olney High School, where she was | ||
| named Most Popular Girl and Band Sweetheart as well as the state | ||
| champion in declamation, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, | ||
| Missouri, and earned a place on the school's Dean's List; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bitsy Graham, as she was known to friends, | ||
| subsequently transferred to The University of Texas at Austin to | ||
| study social science, and it was there that she met her future | ||
| husband, John Hill; Mr. Hill spent many years in public office, | ||
| serving Texas as secretary of state, attorney general, and chief | ||
| justice of the state supreme court, and Mrs. Hill unfailingly | ||
| supported her husband throughout his career; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The couple shared more than six rewarding decades | ||
| together before Mr. Hill's passing in 2007; over the years, they | ||
| were blessed with a family that grew to include 3 children, Melinda, | ||
| John, and Martha, as well as 10 grandchildren and 10 | ||
| great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill devoted much time and energy to community | ||
| service, assuming leadership roles in such organizations as the | ||
| Blue Bird Circle and the Settlement Club; a valued member of | ||
| St. Luke's United Methodist Church, she hosted the first meetings | ||
| of the Young Life ministry in her home in the mid-1960s, and she | ||
| completed training as a Stephen Minister in her 80s; above all, she | ||
| treasured the volunteer work she did as a mentor to inmates through | ||
| the InnerChange Freedom Initiative; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Possessed of grace, compassion, and a wonderful | ||
| sense of humor, Elizabeth Hill remained engaged in the world | ||
| throughout her life and found great joy and inspiration in helping | ||
| others; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Elizabeth Graham | ||
| Hill and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
| her children, Melinda Hill Perrin and her husband, Mike, John | ||
| Graham Hill and his wife, Lindy, and Martha Hill Jamison and her | ||
| husband, Bruce; to her grandchildren, Elizabeth Perrin Eades and | ||
| her husband, Jonathan, Carter Perrin and his wife, Lizzy, Hunter | ||
| Perrin and his wife, Mary Bonner, John Hill and his wife, Maria, | ||
| Peter Hill and his wife, Kelly, Taylor Hill Bawcom and her husband, | ||
| Clint, Bo Hill, Matt Clark, Meredith Clark, and Sam Jamison; to her | ||
| great-grandchildren, Oliver, Lilla, George, Grace, Eliza, Jackson, | ||
| Cecilia, Peter Ryan, Emmy, and Bo; to her niece, Chris Burkett, and | ||
| her husband, Harold; and to her other relatives and 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 Elizabeth | ||
| Graham Hill. | ||
| Martinez Fischer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1309 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 9, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
