Bill Text: TX HR39 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Margaret Ruth Williams Meador of Arlington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR39-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 39 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family, friends, and former students will long | ||
| treasure their memories of educator Margaret Ruth Williams Meador | ||
| of Arlington, who died on February 13, 2012, at the age of 75; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former Margaret Williams was born in Lamesa on | ||
| November 14, 1936; her parents, Dr. H. V. Williams and Ruth | ||
| Williams, were teachers at Baylor University, and following her | ||
| graduation from Waco High School, she trained as an opera singer at | ||
| Baylor; after receiving her bachelor's degree there, she went on to | ||
| earn a master's degree in music from Florida State University and a | ||
| master's degree in humanities from The University of Texas at | ||
| Arlington; along the way, she married Pete Meador, and though the | ||
| couple later divorced, they remained good friends and devoted | ||
| parents to their daughter, Karen; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Meador began her career in education as a high | ||
| school English teacher, first at Westbury High School in Houston | ||
| and then at several schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; for the | ||
| last 16 years of her life, she was a professor of literature and | ||
| humanities at Dallas Baptist University and Texas Wesleyan | ||
| University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Professor Meador was a beloved and inspirational | ||
| teacher, and she earned the affection and respect of her students | ||
| and colleagues alike for her accomplished scholarship and devotion | ||
| to the humanities; she was also passionate about the causes in which | ||
| she believed, working in behalf of peace and justice and to | ||
| alleviate hunger and cruelty to animals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A loving mother and a true and generous friend, | ||
| Margaret Meador will be forever remembered by all who knew her for | ||
| her intelligence, warmth, and wit; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Margaret Ruth | ||
| Williams Meador and extend sincere condolences to the members of | ||
| her family: to her daughter, Karen Meador Brown, and her husband, | ||
| Daren; to her grandson, Duncan Gabriel Brown; to her sisters, Lisa | ||
| Hayes and Catherine Williams; to her sister-in-law, Sandra | ||
| Williams; to her brother-in-law, Jim Veninga; to her nieces, Jenny | ||
| Veninga, Suzanne Stoner, and Christine Kiss; to her former husband, | ||
| Pete Meador; 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 | ||
| Representative adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Margaret | ||
| Ruth Williams Meador. | ||
| Patrick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 39 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on February 18, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
