Bill Text: TX HR495 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Florence Roberta Key Fisher of Austin on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR495 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR495-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 495 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
| cause for celebration, and Florence Roberta Key Fisher of Austin is | ||
| marking this significant milestone in her life on March 1, 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of George and Mae Key, the former | ||
| Florence Key was born in Raymondville in 1927; she graduated from | ||
| Port Lavaca High School in 1945 and on October 6 of that year, she | ||
| married her high school sweetheart, Charles Edward Fisher; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Fisher worked at the Calhoun County Clerk's | ||
| Office for a time, and in 1968, she founded Shoreline Dredging and | ||
| Construction with her husband; she was employed as a bookkeeper at | ||
| Calhoun High School for 26 years before her retirement in 1989; the | ||
| Fishers sold their business in 1993; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Fisher has known the joy of | ||
| welcoming into her treasured family two sons, Jon Keith Fisher and | ||
| Eddie Ross Fisher, along with six grandchildren and seven | ||
| great-grandchildren; she and her husband shared a rewarding | ||
| marriage until his passing in February 2003; later that year, after | ||
| Hurricane Claudette hit Port Lavaca, she moved to Austin to be | ||
| closer to her sons and their children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Florence Fisher has witnessed a panorama of change | ||
| over the course of nine decades, and she has met life's challenges | ||
| and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the deep | ||
| admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Florence Roberta Key Fisher on the | ||
| joyous occasion of her 90th 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. Fisher as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Howard | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 495 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 20, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
