Bill Text: TX HR7 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Mary Ellen Spiller of Jacksboro.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-09 - Reported enrolled [HR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR7-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 7 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends have suffered an immeasurable | ||
| loss with the passing of Mary Ellen Spiller of Jacksboro on March 7, | ||
| 2022, at the age of 87; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Guy and Lillian Hutson, the former | ||
| Mary Hutson was born on October 5, 1934, in Grandfield, Oklahoma, | ||
| and grew up with seven older siblings, Weldon, Harold, Raymond, | ||
| Marie, Jerry, Jean, and Joyce; she graduated from Devol High School | ||
| in Cotton County, Oklahoma, and continued her education at | ||
| Draughon's Business College in Wichita Falls; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While living in Wichita Falls, she met her future | ||
| husband, James Spiller, who was stationed at Sheppard Air Force | ||
| Base; the couple married on August 18, 1956, and became the proud | ||
| parents of three children, David, Karen, and Scott; as the years | ||
| passed, Mrs. Spiller had the privilege of seeing her family grow to | ||
| include six grandsons and three great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Spiller skillfully balanced family life with a | ||
| rewarding career as her husband's legal secretary in his solo | ||
| practice and at Spiller & Spiller in Jacksboro; she also worked for | ||
| Spiller Title for six decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sustained by a strong faith, Mrs. Spiller took an | ||
| active role at First United Methodist Church, teaching Sunday | ||
| school and singing with the choir; moreover, she was a valued member | ||
| of the Business & Professional Women's Club of Jacksboro; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Admired for her kindness, her strength of character, | ||
| and her outgoing personality, Mary Spiller led a caring and | ||
| purposeful life, and she will forever be a source of inspiration to | ||
| those she leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Ellen Spiller | ||
| and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
| children, David Spiller and his wife, Ginger, and Karen Forbis and | ||
| her husband, Chris; to her daughter-in-law, Laura Spiller; to her | ||
| grandsons, Mason, Reid, Drew, and Kyle Spiller and Alex and Joel | ||
| Forbis; to her great-grandchildren, John, Carson, and Caroline | ||
| Spiller; 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 Mary Ellen | ||
| Spiller. | ||
| Spiller | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 7 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on March 8, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
