Bill Text: TX SCR51 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Sara "Sally" Sandlin Ratliff of Mount Pleasant.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Signed by the Governor [SCR51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SCR51-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 51 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Sara | ||
| Sandlin Ratliff of Mount Pleasant, who passed away on December 17, | ||
| 2019, at the age of 83; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former "Sally" Sandlin was born to True and Bob | ||
| Sandlin in Mount Pleasant on June 21, 1936; a graduate of Stephens | ||
| College and The University of Texas at Austin, she was a member of | ||
| Zeta Tau Alpha; she met her future husband, Bill Ratliff, when he | ||
| came to pick up his cousin at the sorority house, and he proposed on | ||
| Valentine's Day just three months later; the couple married in | ||
| August 1959, and they became the parents of three treasured | ||
| children, Bess, Bennett, and Thomas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Ratliff was a source of tremendous support and | ||
| encouragement to her husband as he pursued a second career in public | ||
| service and rose to become the state's lieutenant governor; along | ||
| the way, she kept meticulously detailed scrapbooks about his life | ||
| in politics, which proved most valuable to his biographer, and the | ||
| archive she assembled was eventually acquired by The University of | ||
| Texas at Tyler; dedicated to the betterment of Mount Pleasant, she | ||
| volunteered extensively in the community; she was also a Life | ||
| Member of the Texas Exes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Ratliff knew the joy of | ||
| welcoming into her family a son-in-law, Mike, and two | ||
| daughters-in-law, Beccy and Stacy; she took great pride in her | ||
| grandchildren, Rachael and William Ratliff, Thomas Ratliff, Maggie | ||
| and Keenan Weiss, Tyler Hargrave, Meaghan and Grant Hargrave, Kelly | ||
| and Harrison Hargrave, Sara Ratliff, and Taylor Ratliff, and | ||
| great-grandchildren, Gavin Hargrave, Beckam Hargrave, Emma | ||
| Ratliff, and Pierce Hargrave; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sally Ratliff brightened the days of innumerable | ||
| people with her warmth, kindness, and grace, and although she will | ||
| be deeply missed, she will forever hold a special place in the | ||
| hearts of all who were privileged to share in her love and | ||
| friendship; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to the memory of Sara Sandlin Ratliff and extend | ||
| sincere condolences to her family 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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of | ||
| Sally Ratliff. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 51 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on May 17, 2021, by a rising vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 51 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 23, 2021, by a rising vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
