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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Helen |
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Butts Tipps, who passed away on June 4, 2013, at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of San Augustine, Helen Butts was born to |
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Bryan and Leola Butts on January 9, 1931; she attended The Hockaday |
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School in Dallas and went on to earn a degree in Texas history from |
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Southern Methodist University, where she was a member of Kappa |
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Alpha Theta; she lived in Houston for many years before moving to |
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Austin in 2000 to be close to family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Tipps took great pride in her three children, |
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Helen, Clark, and Mary, her three grandchildren, Elizabeth, Will, |
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and Maggie, and her three great-granddaughters, Elise, Katherine, |
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and Anna; she was also devoted to her dog, Ginger; in addition, |
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Mrs. Tipps was a lifelong member of the Junior League, the |
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Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Daughters of the |
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Republic of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Helen Butts |
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Tipps will remember how she touched their lives with her kind and |
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caring ways, and she will forever hold a treasured place in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Helen Butts Tipps and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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her family: to her children, Helen Tipps Watkins and her husband, |
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Sandy, Clark Tipps, and Mary Tipps; to her grandchildren, Elizabeth |
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Watkins Garrett and her husband, Jacob, Will Watkins, and Maggie |
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Watkins; to her great-grandchildren, Elise, Katherine, and Anna |
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Garrett; to her sister, Sue Butts McEachern, and her husband, Ray |
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Neal; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Helen Butts |
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Tipps. |
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Callegari |
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S. Davis of Harris |
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Morrison |
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Raney |
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Sheets |
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Lozano |
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| Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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| Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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| Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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| Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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| Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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| Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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| Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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| Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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| Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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| Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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| Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Lavender |
Springer |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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| Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Elkins |
Martinez Fischer |
Toth |
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| Fallon |
Martinez |
Turner of Collin |
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| Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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| Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 65 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on June 17, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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