Bill Text: TX HR2061 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Linnie Evelyn Stephenson Standley of Smith Point.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2061-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Linnie Evelyn Stephenson Standley of Smith Point.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2061-Introduced.html
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| By: Leo-Wilson | H.R. No. 2061 | |
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| WHEREAS, Chambers County lost a beloved resident with the | ||
| passing of Linnie Evelyn Stephenson Standley of Smith Point on | ||
| May 11, 2023, at the age of 101; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Jessie Ralph Stephenson and Ruby | ||
| Lena Nelson, the former Evelyn Stephenson was born in Corpus | ||
| Christi on May 11, 1922; she grew up as the oldest of seven | ||
| siblings, and in 1927 her family moved to Smith Point, where she | ||
| began her education in a one-room schoolhouse; she then lived in | ||
| Galveston with her grandmother for three years to attend Ball High | ||
| School; after graduation, she married Morris Standley on September | ||
| 9, 1940; they were blessed with a son, Ronald Morris Standley; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Standley began working for the Anahuac | ||
| Independent School District in 1945 as a bus driver; she gladly | ||
| performed any task that needed to be done, and during summers, she | ||
| helped her husband build a 40-foot shrimp boat; having taken | ||
| college courses to become a dietician, she eventually oversaw three | ||
| school cafeterias; she retired from Anahuac ISD in 1988; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dedicated to her community, Mrs. Standley was a | ||
| founding member and an emergency care assistant for the Smith Point | ||
| Volunteer Fire Department; for decades, she served both that | ||
| department and Chambers County Fire and Rescue as treasurer and | ||
| secretary; a lifelong member of Smith Point Community Church, she | ||
| also served the church as secretary and treasurer for over 40 years | ||
| and taught Sunday school as well; she kept the books for numerous | ||
| groups and gave generously of her time and talents to a host of | ||
| organizations, among them the Chambers County 4-H Horse Club, | ||
| American Legion Auxiliary, and the United Daughters of the | ||
| Confederacy; moreover, she shared her knowledge extensively with | ||
| the Chambers County Historical Commission for the benefit of future | ||
| generations, donated items with detailed information, and helped | ||
| tend cemeteries and place markers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Evelyn Standley made a lasting, positive difference | ||
| through her wide-ranging contributions, and she will be remembered | ||
| with deep admiration and affection by all who were privileged to | ||
| know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Linnie Evelyn | ||
| Stephenson Standley and extend sincere condolences to the members | ||
| of her family: to her daughter-in-heart, Linda Vaughan, and her | ||
| husband, Bugs; to her grandchildren, Morris Dwayne Standley and his | ||
| wife, Michele, Dustin Lynn Standley and his wife, Julie, Davonna | ||
| Marie Wilson and her husband, Phillip, John Louis Cionek and his | ||
| wife, Janet, Clayton Ray Vaughan and his wife, Tiffany, and Brandon | ||
| Cole Vaughan; to her brother, Charles Jesse "Tootie" Stephenson; to | ||
| her 12 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; and to | ||
| her many 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 Evelyn | ||
| Standley. | ||
