Bill Text: TX HR1904 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dolores Patricia Jones Skelton of Waco.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1904 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1904-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1904 |
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WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may | ||
temper the profound sadness felt at the passing of Dolores Patricia | ||
Jones Skelton of Waco on April 5, 2011, at the age of 81; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Lott on February 8, 1930, to Allen Jones and | ||
Florence Morris, the former Dolores Jones graduated from Baylor | ||
University and enjoyed a notable career as an educator in the | ||
Chilton and McGregor school districts; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Skelton shared a rewarding relationship with | ||
her husband, Jim Karroll Skelton, and together they raised five | ||
children, Lloyd, Patricia, Kathy, Dinah, and Rebecca Lynn Skelton | ||
Gropp, who preceded her mother in death; Mrs. Skelton was an active | ||
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and took | ||
great pleasure in watching sports, playing bridge, and being the | ||
doting "Memema" to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dolores Skelton lived a caring and purposeful life, | ||
and she will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who | ||
held her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dolores Patricia | ||
Jones Skelton and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
family: to her son, Lloyd Skelton, and his wife, Lynda; to her | ||
daughters, Patricia Throckmorton and her husband, Gene, Kathy | ||
Gilland and her husband, Drew, and Dinah Seago and her husband, | ||
Steve; to her sister, Allene Jones; to her son-in-law, Chris Gropp; | ||
to her 21 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren; 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 Dolores | ||
Skelton. | ||
Anderson of McLennan | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1904 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 19, 2011. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||