Bill Text: TX HR1657 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lafonda Ann Davis of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1657 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1657-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1657 |
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the kindness and | ||
generosity of Lafonda Ann Davis of Austin, who passed away on May 4, | ||
2010, at the age of 68; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Uriel Addison Randolph and Vannie | ||
Lee Culpepper, the former Lafonda Randolph was born in Bowie on | ||
April 16, 1942, and grew up in neighboring Montague; she attended | ||
public schools in Saint Jo, Nocona, Sherman, and Bowie and received | ||
special instruction in horticulture from her father, a researcher | ||
at Texas A&M University, who instilled in her a lifelong love of | ||
plants and gardening; her education continued at North Texas State | ||
University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in elementary | ||
education and a master's degree in education; and | ||
WHEREAS, This dedicated teacher worked in a number of schools | ||
around the world following her marriage to Carl David Clark, a | ||
member of the United States Air Force, in 1962; they raised three | ||
children and eventually settled in Fairfax, Virginia, where she was | ||
highly respected for her skill in the classroom and gave freely of | ||
her time and talents as a mentor to her students and a volunteer in | ||
professional associations; after Mr. Clark's death in 1996, she was | ||
fortunate to find love a second time with Jim Davis, and they were | ||
married in 1998; the couple moved to Austin in 2005; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to her extended family, Mrs. Davis provided | ||
steadfast support and encouragement to 7 children and 10 | ||
grandchildren; she made every holiday and event a very special | ||
occasion and especially delighted in the warmth and fellowship of | ||
Christmas; a woman of great faith, she expressed her beliefs in song | ||
as a member of several ensembles, among them the Sweet Spirit | ||
Singers, and recordings she made with that group enabled her lovely | ||
voice to be heard at her own funeral; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lafonda Davis inspired many people with her grace, | ||
strength, and resilience, and those who were privileged to share in | ||
her love and affection will forever cherish their memories of time | ||
spent in her company; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lafonda Ann Davis and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
husband, Jim Davis; to her children, Jeffrey David Clark, Shannon | ||
Lee Gatlin and her husband, Jim, Tamara Ann Egli and her husband, | ||
Dave, Angelia Kay Hennessey and her husband, Mike, Michele Ann | ||
Hitti and her husband, William, Chad Allen Davis, and Eric Lynn | ||
Davis; to her grandchildren, Hayden, Wyatt, Olivia, Gregory, Leah, | ||
Megan, Shanna, Rory, Michael, and Tony; to her sister, Virginia Lee | ||
Pollard, and her husband, Rex; 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 Lafonda | ||
Davis. | ||
Hopson | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1657 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 12, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||