Bill Text: TX HR4 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Amanda Carmona Rodriguez of Weslaco on her 95th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-05 - Reported enrolled [HR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR4-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Amanda Carmona Rodriguez of Weslaco on her 95th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-05 - Reported enrolled [HR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR4-Introduced.html
83S30104 JGH-D | ||
By: Martinez | H.R. No. 4 |
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WHEREAS, The 95th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
cause for celebration, and Amanda Carmona Rodriguez of Weslaco is | ||
reaching that impressive milestone on August 25, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in General Trevino, Mexico, to Guadalupe and | ||
Maria de los Angeles Carmona in 1918, Mrs. Rodriguez lost her mother | ||
when she was 18 months old, and she was raised in the United States | ||
by her maternal grandparents and her aunt; growing up in a family of | ||
farm workers, she faced challenges pursuing her education, but even | ||
so, this determined and resourceful woman taught herself to read | ||
and write; and | ||
WHEREAS, Amanda and Alejandro P. Rodriguez were joined in | ||
matrimony in Weslaco in 1942, and they shared a loving life together | ||
for nearly half a century, until his passing in 1991; the couple | ||
became the parents of three treasured children, Hercilia Rodriguez | ||
Garza, Erma Rodriguez Campos, and Elia Rodriguez Pena; and | ||
WHEREAS, In later life, Mrs. Rodriguez has seen her family | ||
grow to include eight grandchildren, Danny Garza, Jr., Eileen Garza | ||
Trevino, Steven Garza, Lucas Garza, Amanda Campos McCrory, Noel | ||
Alexander Campos, Rene Elizondo, Jr., and Rhonda Elizondo Luke, and | ||
14 great-grandchildren, Michael Ward, Marisa Garza, Tony Garza, | ||
Isabella Garza, Ben Garza, Nora Garza, Ava Garza, Parker McDowell, | ||
Jaron McDowell, Rene Elizondo III, Ramsey Elizondo, Jacob Elizondo, | ||
Amanda Luke, and Odin Luke; most recently, she has become the proud | ||
great-great-grandmother of Caleb Elizondo and Casey Elizondo; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Rodriguez has devoted her life to her family | ||
and her church; during her children's years at St. Joan of Arc | ||
School in Weslaco, she played an active role in the mother's club, | ||
helping to prepare the first Friday communion breakfasts and the | ||
Wednesday hamburger lunches; she also helped make tamales to raise | ||
money for the church, and she was a valued member of the Vela | ||
Perpetua association; today, she takes delight in corresponding | ||
with her friends and family and working on quilts; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with the affection of a host of loved ones | ||
and sustained by her strong faith, Amanda Rodriguez continues to | ||
enrich the lives of all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Amanda | ||
Carmona Rodriguez on her 95th birthday and extend to her sincere | ||
best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |