Bill Text: TX HR1842 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of former Raymondville city commissioner Mary Gutierrez.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1842 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1842-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1842 |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Raymondville lost a passionate and | ||
devoted civic leader with the passing of former city commissioner | ||
Mary Gutierrez on April 15, 2019, at the age of 72; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born on October 2, 1946, at Harl Thomas Ranch in | ||
Sarita, Mary Gutierrez was the daughter of Eutimio and Teresa | ||
Gutierrez and the sister of nine siblings, Margarito, Juan, | ||
Eutimio, Norberto, Lauro, Teodoro, Guadalupe, Cristina, and | ||
Greselda; throughout her life, she possessed an innate ability to | ||
support and encourage others, and she shared lifelong bonds with | ||
her family and her many dear friends; and | ||
WHEREAS, A champion of her community, Ms. Gutierrez served as | ||
a city commissioner from 1999 to 2015 and gave generously of her | ||
time to local organizations; she was a board member for Amigos Del | ||
Valle, Willacy County Little League, Foster Grandparents, Cops For | ||
Tots, CASA, and Su Clinica Familiar; her leadership and insight | ||
were further demonstrated in her work with the Lower Rio Grande | ||
Valley Development Council, the Willacy County Child Welfare Board, | ||
and the boards of the Willacy County Emergency Services District, | ||
the Raymondville Chamber of Commerce, and the Retired and Senior | ||
Volunteer Program; she found immense fulfillment in serving her | ||
fellow citizens, and her efforts were greatly appreciated by those | ||
who had the pleasure of working alongside her; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although the passing of Mary Gutierrez has brought | ||
great sorrow to all who held her dear, her life was an inspiring | ||
example of the good that one person can accomplish; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Gutierrez and | ||
extend deepest sympathy to her loved ones; 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 Mary | ||
Gutierrez. | ||
Guillen | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1842 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 24, 2019. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||