Bill Text: TX HR253 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Doris Cupp Guinn of Daingerfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR253-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Doris Cupp Guinn of Daingerfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR253-Introduced.html
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By: Hughes | H.R. No. 253 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Doris | ||
Cupp Guinn of Daingerfield, who passed away on May 6, 2013, at the | ||
age of 88; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born on May 13, 1924, the former Doris Lester was a | ||
native of Daingerfield and the youngest of seven children of James | ||
and Era Lee McTyre Lester, along with her twin sister, Dorothy; she | ||
grew up on the family's farm during the Great Depression and spent | ||
the majority of her life in Daingerfield, apart from a short time | ||
when the family moved to Louisiana and she attended Rodessa High | ||
School; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1948, she married Sam W. Cupp, a returning | ||
soldier who served in the European theater; they shared two decades | ||
together before his death, and they became the parents of two | ||
daughters, Sandra Kay and Judy Ann; over the years, their family | ||
grew to include four treasured grandchildren, Amber, Sammye, | ||
Lindsey, and Daniel, as well as three great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, After she was widowed, Mrs. Guinn was determined to | ||
secure a future for her daughters and purchased a small grocery | ||
store that she named Twins' Drive-In, becoming an entrepreneur at a | ||
time when few women were; after years of success running that | ||
business, she was later employed at Knieff's, during which time she | ||
developed many lasting friendships; her resourcefulness and will to | ||
achieve while working as a single mother made it possible for her | ||
daughters to further their education; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Guinn was fortunate to find love again in 1975, | ||
when she exchanged wedding vows with Orville Guinn, with whom she | ||
enjoyed five years before his passing; she delighted in her role as | ||
a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and was a constant | ||
source of wisdom and encouragement to the people around her; and | ||
WHEREAS, A valued congregant at South Union Baptist Church, | ||
she served as a teacher, a choir member, and a member of the Naomi | ||
Sunday School Class and the ladies' auxiliary; seldom at a loss for | ||
ways to spend her time, she was fond of cooking, crocheting, tending | ||
to her yard and garden, and above all, doting on her loved ones; and | ||
WHEREAS, Doris Guinn lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
centered around her faith and family, and she will forever be | ||
remembered with tenderness and affection by all those fortunate | ||
enough to have known her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of Doris Cupp Guinn and extend sincere sympathy to the members of | ||
her family: to her daughters, Sandra Quarles and her husband, | ||
Dearl, and Judy Pilgrim and her husband, Randy; to her stepsons, | ||
Paul Guinn and his wife, Patti, and Rusty Guinn and his wife, | ||
Sheila; to her grandchildren, Amber Quarles, Sammye Phillips, | ||
Lindsey Pilgrim, and Daniel Pilgrim; to her great-grandchildren; | ||
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 Doris | ||
Guinn. |