Bill Text: TX HR1484 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Elizabeth Nell Dyess Denman of Lake Jackson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-14 - Reported enrolled [HR1484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1484-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1484 |
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life has drawn to a close with | ||
the death of Elizabeth Nell Dyess Denman of Lake Jackson on April | ||
25, 2019, at the age of 98; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nell Dyess was born in Albany on October 15, 1920, to | ||
Richard and Hallie Dyess, and she grew up with a brother, William; | ||
after graduating from high school in 1938, she attended John | ||
Tarleton College and earned a bachelor's degree in education at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin in 1942; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1943, she wed Ben Denman, and the couple shared a | ||
rewarding marriage that spanned more than seven decades before | ||
Mr. Denman's death in 2014; Mrs. Denman was the proud mother of two | ||
children, Ed and Marajen, and later in life, she was blessed with | ||
three grandchildren, Elizabeth, Margaret, and David, and five | ||
great-grandchildren, Stewart, Hallie, Charlie, Ben, and Owen; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Denmans lived in Brownwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and | ||
Richmond, Virginia, before settling in Dallas in 1966; early in her | ||
life, Mrs. Denman taught school, directed a church youth choir, and | ||
hosted a women's radio show, but by the time her family moved to | ||
Tulsa, she had become a widely recognized expert in floral design | ||
and horticulture and a national master flower show judge; she went | ||
on to teach horticulture and flower arranging for 60 years, and she | ||
played a leading role in the establishment of the Dallas Arboretum | ||
and Botanical Gardens, where she was a board member emeritus and the | ||
recipient of the first Founders Award; over the course of her life, | ||
she was president of seven local garden clubs as well as president | ||
of Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., director of the South-Central Region | ||
of the National Garden Clubs, and a board member of the National | ||
Council of State Garden Clubs; she wrote articles for many | ||
gardening magazines, published two books, and was named Garden Club | ||
Woman of the Year at the State Fair of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, After retiring with her husband to Lake Jackson, | ||
Mrs. Denman remained active with the Brazosport Center for the Arts & | ||
Sciences and the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and she | ||
contributed significantly to the growth of the Brazosport Symphony | ||
League; and | ||
WHEREAS, Talented, generous, and energetic, Nell Denman | ||
loved to beautify the world with gardens and flowers, and she leaves | ||
behind a legacy of service to her family, her faith, and her | ||
community that will continue to inspire all those who knew and loved | ||
her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Elizabeth Nell | ||
Dyess Denman and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her | ||
family: to her son, Judge Ed Denman, and his wife, Bettye; to her | ||
daughter, Marajen Denman; to her grandchildren, Elizabeth Denman | ||
Williams and her husband, Michael, Margaret Denman Beck and her | ||
husband, Doug, and David Denman and his wife, Misty; to her | ||
great-grandchildren, Stewart, Hallie, and Charlie Williams and Ben | ||
and Owen Denman; 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 | ||
Nell Dyess Denman. | ||
Bonnen of Brazoria | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1484 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 10, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||