Bill Text: TX HR692 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Nancy Gene Dale Palm of Houston.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR692-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 692 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of Houston lost a spirited and | ||
| influential leader with the death of Nancy Gene Dale Palm on | ||
| February 15, 2011, at the age of 89; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born on April 14, 1921, in Davidson County, | ||
| Tennessee, to Mary and Dillard Dale, Nancy Gene Dale was a | ||
| descendant of the five pioneer families who settled central | ||
| Tennessee and established Fort Nashborough; after losing her father | ||
| at an early age, she moved with her mother and five sisters to | ||
| Nashville and graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1942; and | ||
| WHEREAS, That same year, she married Dr. William Morrison | ||
| Palm on July 4, and the couple relocated to Houston in 1951; Mrs. | ||
| Palm soon thereafter became active in the local Republican Party | ||
| and was elected in 1967 as Harris County party chair, a position she | ||
| held for seven years; in addition, she played an instrumental role | ||
| in the development of the party at the statewide level; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known for her passionate support of conservative | ||
| ideals and her effective organizational abilities, she championed | ||
| the principles of self-determination and achievement through | ||
| education and hard work; a redhead who frequently wore red, white, | ||
| and blue, she was affectionately dubbed "Napalm" by the press for | ||
| her forcefulness and the strong opinions that she readily shared; | ||
| this Texas trailblazer helped open doors for women in politics, and | ||
| she encouraged future senator Kay Bailey Hutchison to run for the | ||
| Texas Legislature in 1972; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Palm was a delegate at the Republican National | ||
| Convention in 1976 and received a vote to be the party's nominee for | ||
| vice president; she had the opportunity to vote for President | ||
| George H. W. Bush in 1988 and his son in 2004 as a member of the | ||
| Texas electoral college delegation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan inspired many with her dynamic | ||
| leadership in the party whose values she fully embraced, and she | ||
| will long be remembered with deep admiration for her contributions | ||
| to her country and her community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Nancy Gene Dale Palm | ||
| and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
| sister, Katherine Bishop Dale Potts, and her husband, J. Ivan | ||
| Potts; to her nephew, Tom DeLong; 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 Nancy Gene | ||
| Dale Palm. | ||
| Woolley | ||
| S. Davis of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 692 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 17, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
