Bill Text: TX HR2129 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Evelyn Octavine Burns-Loftin of Galveston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR2129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2129-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Evelyn Octavine Burns-Loftin of Galveston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR2129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2129-Introduced.html
83R26698 BK-D | ||
By: White | H.R. No. 2129 |
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WHEREAS, A caring and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
passing of Evelyn Octavine Burns-Loftin of Galveston on April 6, | ||
2013, at the age of 97; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Burkeville, the former Evelyn Octavine was a | ||
graduate of Burkeville High School; she married Henry A. Burns, and | ||
together they were longtime residents of Groves and later retired | ||
to live in her hometown; she was employed with the Texas Company, | ||
which became Texaco, before resigning from work to focus on raising | ||
her children, James, Julia, and Karan; and | ||
WHEREAS, Widowed in 1985, she had the great fortune to find | ||
love a second time and exchanged vows with Hoy Loftin in 1987; the | ||
couple went on to share a wealth of happy memories until his death | ||
in 2000; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to spending time with her treasured | ||
family, including her beloved grandson, Jon, this generous Texan | ||
counted among her pastimes crocheting afghans and baby blankets; | ||
moreover, she delighted many with her wonderful cooking and baking, | ||
especially her famous gumbo; and | ||
WHEREAS, Evelyn Burns-Loftin enjoyed a life that was rich in | ||
the intangibles that matter most, and she will forever be | ||
remembered with deep affection by all those who held her dear; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Evelyn Octavine | ||
Burns-Loftin and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
family: to her children, James A. Burns and Julia A. Murphy and her | ||
husband, Jim; to her grandson, Jon Brandon Grimes; 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 Evelyn | ||
Octavine Burns-Loftin. |