Bill Text: TX HR2079 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Mary Helen Walters Graves of Jasper.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-20 - Reported enrolled [HR2079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2079-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2079 |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
death of Mary Helen Walters Graves of Jasper on April 10, 2013, at | ||
the age of 92; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born to Thomas and Ethie Walters, Mary Helen Walters | ||
was a native and lifelong resident of Jasper; a graduate of The | ||
University of Texas, she worked with the U.S. Corps of Engineers at | ||
the Sam Rayburn Powerhouse for a quarter-century; she married | ||
Claude Graves, Jr., and the couple spent 43 years together; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Graves was active in her community as a member | ||
of the Rose Society, Pine Needle Quilters, Women's Civic Club, and | ||
Jasper City Cemetery Board; moreover, she was a valued member of the | ||
First United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and | ||
participated in Seekers Sunday School Class; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Mary Helen Graves will be deeply missed, | ||
she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts of all those | ||
who were fortunate enough to have known her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Mary Helen Walters | ||
Graves and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
her daughter, Marian Pekar, and her husband, Jerry; to her son, | ||
Breck Graves, and his wife, Pat; to her four grandchildren, | ||
Michelle Johnson and her husband, Jerry, Kristi Krauss and her | ||
husband, Eric, Pam Beadle and her husband, Shawn, and Steve Graves | ||
and his wife, Cindy; to her nine great-grandchildren, Kayla | ||
Johnson, Hunter and Logan Krauss, Taylor, Kaylin, and Camille | ||
Beadle, and Ashlyn, Rebekah, and Samuel Graves; to her | ||
sister-in-law, Ruth Walters; to her brother-in-law and | ||
sister-in-law, James and Jean Graves; 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 Mary Helen | ||
Graves. | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2079 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 17, 2013. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||