Bill Text: TX HR402 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Nita Scheble Cox of Arlington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR402-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 402 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Arlington lost an admired educator with | ||
| the passing of Nita Scheble Cox on July 18, 2009, at the age of 84; | ||
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| WHEREAS, The daughter of Eugene and Fay Howell Scheble, the | ||
| former Nita Scheble was born on May 25, 1925, in Cleburne, but she | ||
| relocated with her family to Fort Worth in the early 1930s; the | ||
| valedictorian of the Class of 1942 at Polytechnic High School, she | ||
| received a scholarship to attend North Texas Agricultural College | ||
| in Arlington, where she again became valedictorian and attained an | ||
| associate's degree in science; in 1946, she graduated from The | ||
| University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in fine arts, | ||
| and she went on to study at the University of Wisconsin at Madison | ||
| and to earn a master's degree from Texas Christian University in | ||
| 1961; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Cox began her teaching career in 1947 as a | ||
| member of the English department faculty at The University of Texas | ||
| at Arlington; over the course of nearly five decades with the | ||
| university, she transitioned to the speech communication, drama, | ||
| and communication departments, developing speech and drama | ||
| classes, teaching English, and directing plays, and she became an | ||
| associate professor; in addition, she served as assistant chair of | ||
| the communication department from 1976 to 1991, and she led the | ||
| speech program from 1989 to 1993; among her many accolades were an | ||
| Outstanding Academic Advisor award in 1987 and designation as a | ||
| professor emeritus in 1994; she was also named a Distinguished | ||
| Alumnus of UT Arlington in 1996, and she retired from the university | ||
| in 2003; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in her community, Mrs. Cox contributed her | ||
| time to numerous organizations, including the Arlington Woman's | ||
| Club, Altrusa International, the Arlington Republican Club, Lamar | ||
| Baptist Church, the Fielder Museum, Friends of the UTA Libraries, | ||
| and the Texas Speech Communication Association, and she served as a | ||
| speech consultant to various businesses and managed a murder | ||
| mystery troupe; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, she enjoyed the love and | ||
| support of her husband, Dr. B. Wayne Cox, with whom she shared more | ||
| than 20 years, until his passing in 1985; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Nita Cox demonstrated the | ||
| utmost dedication to her family, her profession, and her community, | ||
| and she leaves behind a remarkable legacy that will forever be | ||
| treasured by all those who were privileged to share in her love and | ||
| friendship; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Nita Scheble Cox and | ||
| extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
| daughter, Leslie Cox Recine, and her husband, Dean; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Chelsea and Chloe Recine; to her sister, Norma | ||
| Scheble Nash Anderton; 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 Nita | ||
| Scheble Cox. | ||
| Patrick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 402 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
