Bill Text: TX HR82 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wanda Jo Rankin of Canadian.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-19 - Reported enrolled [HR82 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR82-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 82 |
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WHEREAS, A caring and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
passing of Wanda Jo Rankin of Canadian on July 30, 2021, at the age | ||
of 83; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Wanda White was born in Odessa on August | ||
5, 1937, to Art and Josephine White, and she and her brother, Jim, | ||
were raised by their grandparents, David and Posey Wilson; she | ||
attended school in Canadian; and | ||
WHEREAS, On April 7, 1956, she married James Rankin, with | ||
whom she shared a loving union that spanned six and a half decades; | ||
she took great pride in their children, Toni, Bo, and Charlie, and | ||
over the years, she had the pleasure of welcoming into her family 10 | ||
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, While devoting herself to her home and family, | ||
Mrs. Rankin contributed immeasurably to her church and to her | ||
community of faith; she found joy in helping others, and she | ||
enriched the lives of countless people with her encouragement and | ||
sage advice; in her leisure time, she delighted in gardening and | ||
working in her yard; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Wanda Rankin is greatly missed, memories of | ||
her warm and generous nature and her devotion to her loved ones | ||
remain to comfort and inspire those she leaves behind; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of Wanda Jo Rankin and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of | ||
her family: to her husband, James Rankin; to her children, Toni | ||
Rankin, Bo Rankin and his wife, Tresea, and Charlie Rankin and his | ||
wife, Suzanne; to her grandchildren, Jerod Rankin and his wife, | ||
Sherri, Breezy McArthur and her husband, Daniel, Rebecca Ash, | ||
Elizabeth Fletcher and her husband, Mason, Reccia Jobe, Tanner Jobe | ||
and his wife, Helene, Tatum Pennington and her husband, Shane, | ||
Tandi Fletcher and her husband, Jacob, Jed Rankin and his wife, | ||
Carley, and Tasha Butler and her husband, Jesse; to her | ||
great-grandchildren, Emma McArthur, Saige Hamby and her husband, | ||
Jacob, Tinley, Riggs, Tice, and Talon Pennington, Jagger and | ||
Blayzyn Butler, Campbell James Rankin, and McCallie, Maudie, and | ||
Augustus Fletcher; to her brother, Jim White; 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 Wanda | ||
Rankin. | ||
King of Hemphill | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 82 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on October 14, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||