Bill Text: TX HR2402 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Ines G. Carrera of Starr County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2402-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Ines G. Carrera of Starr County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2402-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.R. No. 2402 |
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WHEREAS, Ines G. Carrera of Starr County, an esteemed | ||
educator and friend to many, passed away on January 27, 2011, at the | ||
age of 80; and | ||
WHEREAS, A descendant of the original Spanish-speaking | ||
pioneers who colonized Starr County in the mid-18th century, Ines | ||
Carrera was born at La Reforma Ranch on July 29, 1930, to Manuel | ||
Guerra Saenz and Francisca Ramirez Gera; she married Eladio | ||
Carrera, and together they shared 56 years of matrimony and became | ||
the parents of five children before Mr. Carrera passed away; and | ||
WHEREAS, At age 16, Mrs. Carrera was valedictorian of the | ||
Class of 1947 at San Isidro High School, and she went on to graduate | ||
with high honors from Texas State College for Women in 1951, earning | ||
both a bachelor of arts degree and a bachelor of science degree; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Carrera began her notable 28-year career in | ||
education during the 1951-52 school year, initially teaching home | ||
economics at Roma High School; she joined the faculty at Rio Grande | ||
City High School the following year before taking nine years off to | ||
raise her children; she returned to Rio Grande City High in 1962 and | ||
continued to work there until her retirement in 1988, by which time | ||
she was teaching some of the grandchildren of her original | ||
students; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Carrera loved history, reading, cooking, | ||
sewing, and gardening, and she served as president of the Rio Grande | ||
City Garden Club, the Starr County Historical Association, and the | ||
Rio Grande City Women's Club, of which she was a life member; in | ||
addition, she was a director of the Rio Grande City-Roma Pan | ||
American Round Table, a founding member of Los Caminos Del Rio, and | ||
a member of the Starr County Retired School Employees Association; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Ines Carrera made a positive difference in the lives | ||
of countless Rio Grande City students, and she leaves behind a | ||
legacy of dedicated service to her community that will continue to | ||
resonate for many years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Ines G. Carrera and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
children, Eladio, Victor, Minerva, and Daniel Carrera and Gloria | ||
Lammers; to her grandchildren, Aaron, Carlos, and Olivia Lammers | ||
and Monique, Alexandro, Marisa, Marielle, Cristian, and Isaac | ||
Carrera; to her step-granddaughter, Celena Avila; to her siblings, | ||
Rafael, Juan Manuel, and Leonel Guerra, Elmira Beeler, and Berta | ||
Bradley; 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 Ines | ||
Carrera. |