Bill Text: TX HR692 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Nancy Gene Dale Palm of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||