Bill Text: TX HR75 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Chalys Diane Baker of Amarillo.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-08 - Reported enrolled [HR75 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR75-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 75 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Chalys Diane Baker of Amarillo on May 22, 2021, at the | ||
| age of 88; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former Diane Gross was born on September 30, | ||
| 1932, in Evanston, Illinois, to Dorothy and Peter Gross; she | ||
| graduated from Santa Fe High School in New Mexico, before enrolling | ||
| at New Mexico State University, where she met her future husband, | ||
| Richard Allen Mayfield; during his career in the U.S. Air Force, the | ||
| couple lived in locations around the world and together raised | ||
| three daughters, Cheri, Pamela, and Karen; after their marriage | ||
| ended, she wed Jerry Baker; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While living in Santa Fe, Ms. Baker served as | ||
| director of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Fe | ||
| Convention and Visitors Bureau; she played an integral role in | ||
| elevating the city's status as a tourism destination, and she was | ||
| also appointed as the marketing director for the State of New | ||
| Mexico; her contributions to the city and state were widely | ||
| appreciated, and her honors included the official proclamation of | ||
| Diane Baker Day by the mayor of Santa Fe; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Baker went on to establish the Convention and | ||
| Visitors Bureau for Huntington Beach, California, and in that role, | ||
| she coined the community's well-known moniker of "Surf City USA"; | ||
| in the course of her outstanding career, she also developed the | ||
| Orange County Tourism Council, worked closely with executives and | ||
| staff from Disneyland, and became the first woman to hold a seat on | ||
| the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Later in life, Ms. Baker moved to Amarillo to be | ||
| closer to her grandchildren, whom she cherished deeply; after | ||
| settling into her life as a Texan, she put her expertise to work as a | ||
| member of the Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and | ||
| she was a congregant and elder at the First Presbyterian Church of | ||
| Amarillo; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Drawing on her exceptional energy and talents, Diane | ||
| Baker was a respected professional who tremendously benefited the | ||
| communities in which she lived, and she will forever be remembered | ||
| with admiration and affection by those she leaves behind; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Chalys Diane Baker and extend deepest sympathy to the members of | ||
| her family: to her daughters, Cheri Lynn Kofakis and her husband, | ||
| Jim Kofakis, Pamela Ann Mayfield and her husband, Charley Runkle, | ||
| and Karen Diane Price and her husband, Four Price; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Brooke Diane Reynolds and her husband, Fisher, Cody | ||
| Allen Barnhill and his fiancée, Madison Varney, Abigail Kathryn | ||
| Price, and Thomas Curry Price; 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 Diane | ||
| Baker. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 75 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on August 30, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
