Bill Text: TX HR231 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: In memory of Kristi Couvillon-Wise of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-11 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR231-Introduced.html
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| By: Thierry | H.R. No. 231 | |
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| WHEREAS, The family and friends of Kristi Marie | ||
| Couvillon-Wise of Austin suffered an immeasurable loss with her | ||
| untimely passing on October 1, 2010, at the age of 36; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Donna and Paul Kreuzer and Edward | ||
| Couvillon, the former Kristi Couvillon was born in Texas City on | ||
| September 20, 1974; after graduating from Clements High School, she | ||
| earned her bachelor's degree at Trinity University and went on to | ||
| receive a master's degree in social work as well as a doctor of | ||
| jurisprudence with honors from The University of Texas at Austin; | ||
| in 2006, she married John Wise, and the couple became the proud | ||
| parents of a beloved baby girl, Vivienne Grace; and | ||
| WHEREAS, From an early age, Ms. Couvillon-Wise demonstrated | ||
| a strong sense of compassion that ultimately led her to devote her | ||
| life to helping others, first as a special education teacher and | ||
| later as a social worker for people living with HIV/AIDS, mental | ||
| illness, and drug addiction, as well as for the homeless; during her | ||
| distinguished career as an attorney, she represented indigent | ||
| clients on death row through a fellowship with the Texas Defender | ||
| Service, and she was also briefly employed in the Travis County | ||
| Attorney's Office before opening her own criminal defense practice; | ||
| named to the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Board of | ||
| Directors, she further contributed to her professional community as | ||
| president of Texas Law Fellowships and as manuscript editor for the | ||
| Texas Journal of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In her free time, Ms. Couvillon-Wise enjoyed | ||
| traveling, running, listening to music of all genres, and spending | ||
| time in nature, and she also found great joy in caring for animals; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Couvillon-Wise took her own life five months | ||
| after the birth of her daughter, and the tragic circumstances of her | ||
| death have since led to the founding of the Pregnancy and Postpartum | ||
| Health Alliance of Texas, which was established in her honor, and | ||
| the creation of the 2nd Postpartum Support International Traveling | ||
| Memory Quilt; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kristi Couvillon-Wise made a positive difference in | ||
| countless lives, both through the love and kindness she shared with | ||
| her family and friends and through the work she did to help those in | ||
| need, and she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts of | ||
| all who knew and loved her; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Kristi Couvillon-Wise and extend sincere condolences 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 Kristi | ||
| Couvillon-Wise. | ||
