Bill Text: TX HR70 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Elaine Hart Dortch of Longview.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR70-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Elaine Hart Dortch of Longview.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR70-Introduced.html
82R3875 JBA-D | ||
By: Hilderbran | H.R. No. 70 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Elaine Hart Dortch of Longview, who passed away on October 2, | ||
2010, at the age of 58; and | ||
WHEREAS, Elaine Hart was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on | ||
August 29, 1952; she graduated from East Texas State University and | ||
embarked on a career as an educator, teaching foreign languages at | ||
schools throughout East Texas as well as in the Llano Independent | ||
School District; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to her classroom teaching | ||
responsibilities, Ms. Dortch was a well-known debate coach, and she | ||
led many teams to state championships; and | ||
WHEREAS, After her son, Micah, entered college, she returned | ||
to school herself and received her master's degree from The | ||
University of Texas at Tyler; she then became a diagnostician for | ||
the Edgewood Independent School District, and she held the position | ||
until her retirement in August 2010; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted mother, Ms. Dortch also enjoyed | ||
gardening, and she found great comfort and companionship with her | ||
beloved dogs Prissy, Sugar, and Lilly; and | ||
WHEREAS, Elaine Hart Dortch lived a caring and purposeful | ||
life that was rich in the intangibles that matter most, and she will | ||
forever be remembered with much affection by all who hold her close | ||
to their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Elaine Hart Dortch and | ||
extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her son, | ||
Micah Dortch, and his wife, Joy; to her sister, Janice Coke, and her | ||
husband, Crawford; to her nephew, Casey Coke, and his wife, Kelly; | ||
to her great-nephew, Cameron; 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 Elaine Hart | ||
Dortch. |