Bill Text: TX HR494 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Norma Vela Segovia of Mission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR494 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR494-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 494 |
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WHEREAS, A caring and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
passing of Norma Vela Segovia of Mission on July 9, 2022, at the age | ||
of 66; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Ramiro and Hermila Vela, Norma | ||
Segovia was born on June 21, 1956; she graduated from La Joya High | ||
School in 1974 and continued her education at Pan American | ||
University, where she earned a degree in speech pathology; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping students with speech | ||
impediments, Mrs. Segovia enjoyed a rewarding career as a speech | ||
pathologist with the Mission Consolidated Independent School | ||
District that spanned three decades; following her retirement, she | ||
worked in the private sector; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1979, she married Raymundo Segovia, and the | ||
couple shared 28 years of marriage, before Mr. Segovia's death in | ||
2007; Mrs. Segovia was a loving mother to her three children, Ramon, | ||
Ramiro, and Rebekah, and a doting grandmother to her eight | ||
grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to her family and her faith, Norma | ||
Segovia was a source of joy to all who shared in the richness of her | ||
life, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Norma Vela Segovia | ||
and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
sons, Ramon Segovia and his wife, Avelina, and Ramiro Segovia and | ||
his wife, Segovia; to her daughter, Rebekah Menchaca, and her | ||
husband, Jorge; to her grandchildren, Isabella, Ryan, Raelynn, Ray, | ||
Roman, Max, Alina, and Emma; to her sisters, Cynthia Vela and Debra | ||
Vela-Leal and her husband, Esiquio; to her mother-in-law, Dolores | ||
Segovia; to her brother-in-law, Raul Segovia, and his wife, Melly; | ||
to her sisters-in-law, Margaret Rodriguez and her husband, Oscar, | ||
Mary Ann Vela and her husband, JJ, Ramona Espinoza and her husband, | ||
Gene, and Maggie Vallejo and her husband, John; to her companion, | ||
Ramiro Zamora; and to her other friends and relatives; 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 Norma | ||
Segovia. | ||
Muñoz, Jr. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 494 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 16, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||