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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Robbie Inez Risinger of Arlington on February 6, 2012, at |
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the age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Blossom, Robbie Risinger studied |
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at East Texas State University, earning a master's degree in |
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education; she and her husband, Lewis, began their careers in |
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teaching and administration in the Arlington Independent School |
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District in 1955, and she went on to teach at Blanton and Wimbish |
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Elementary Schools for 32 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Risinger was a woman of faith who attended |
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First Baptist Church of Arlington for more than half a century; she |
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loved to visit new places, and after retiring, she and her husband |
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traveled in their recreational vehicle to 48 states; she delighted |
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in time spent with her friends from work and from her church; and |
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WHEREAS, The proud mother of a son, Carey Don Risinger, Mrs. |
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Risinger also welcomed into her family two grandsons, Cole and |
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Cade; she was predeceased by her husband in 1992; and |
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WHEREAS, Robbie Risinger possessed a generosity of spirit |
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that expressed itself in myriad ways, and countless lives were |
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touched by her warmth and kindness; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robbie Inez |
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Risinger and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: |
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to her son, Carey Don Risinger, and his wife, Vicki; to her |
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grandsons, Cole Risinger and his wife, Anndi, and Cade Risinger; to |
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her grandsons' mother, Barbara Stovall; and to her other relatives |
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and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Robbie Inez |
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Risinger. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 35 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 18, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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