Bill Text: TX HR1670 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lela Mae Hill Wicks of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-07 - Reported enrolled [HR1670 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1670-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1670 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
| a close when Lela Mae Hill Wicks of Dallas passed away on April 1, | ||
| 2013, at the age of 86; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Elijah and Earlie B. Hamilton, Lela | ||
| Mae Hill was born on April 17, 1926, in Peno, Oklahoma, and moved | ||
| with her family first to Garland and then to Dallas; she graduated | ||
| from Lincoln High School in 1944 and enrolled in Phillips Business | ||
| School, and later in the 1940s, she was employed in a clerical | ||
| position in Washington, D.C.; returning to Texas, she earned a | ||
| bachelor's degree from Bishop College, where she was a charter | ||
| member of the Delta Omega Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and | ||
| she later achieved a master's degree in education from North Texas | ||
| State University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On June 12, 1954, she married Samuel Leon Wicks, and | ||
| over the course of their 58 years together, their lives were further | ||
| enriched by the addition of a daughter, Candace; Mr. and Mrs. Wicks | ||
| shared a talent for writing and helped preserve local African | ||
| American history by researching and contributing to the annual | ||
| publication, Black Dallas Remembered; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Wicks was a longtime employee of the Dallas | ||
| Independent School District; she was initially hired as a secretary | ||
| at Frederick Douglass Elementary School and began teaching in 1957; | ||
| during her 37 years of service, this esteemed educator taught many | ||
| young Texans at Colonial, Erasmo Seguin, and John W. Carpenter | ||
| Elementary Schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in her community, she was a valued member of | ||
| New Hope Baptist Church and held various leadership positions, | ||
| serving as a Sunday school teacher, as a member of the deaconess | ||
| council, and as chair of the Church Archives Committee; in | ||
| addition, Mrs. Wicks volunteered her time and talents with the | ||
| Showers of Blessings Ministry at the Martin Luther King, Jr., | ||
| Community Center, the YWCA, Church Women United, the Bishop College | ||
| Alumni Association, the Glenview Homeowners Association, and the | ||
| Dallas chapter of Jack and Jill of America; moreover, she belonged | ||
| to the Nine of Diamonds Bridge Club for 57 years and remained | ||
| involved in her sorority through the Dallas Alumnae chapter; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lela Mae Wicks possessed a generosity of spirit that | ||
| expressed itself in myriad ways, and countless lives were forever | ||
| enriched by her warmth and kindness; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lela Mae Hill Wicks | ||
| and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
| daughter, Candace Wicks; to her sister, Willie Sue Jefferson; to | ||
| her brother, William Earl Hill, and his wife, Joyce; to her | ||
| sister-in-law, Dorothy Johnson; to her godson, Daryl L. Jones; to | ||
| her aunt, Dora Neal; and to her other relatives and many 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 Lela Mae | ||
| Hill Wicks. | ||
| Rose | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1670 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
