Bill Text: TX SR11 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-26 - Reported enrolled [SR11 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR11-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven, a cherished | ||
Dallas resident, who died January 13, 2021, at the age of 91; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mary Lou Bunkley was born in Denison, and she | ||
graduated from Terrell High School at the age of 16; a determined | ||
young woman, she went on to make notable contributions to the | ||
civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, and she broke | ||
barriers with a trailblazing career as an educator; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mary earned a bachelor's degree from Howard | ||
University and a master's degree from Prairie View A&M | ||
University; she served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum | ||
writer, and a reading specialist during her 32-year career in | ||
education, and she was the first African American teacher to be | ||
hired at Brandenburg Elementary School in Irving, Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted matriarch, Mrs. Kirven shared 38 years | ||
of marriage with the late Howard D. Kirven, and they were blessed | ||
with two children, Cynthia Kirven Arterbery and the late Beverly | ||
Kirven Smith; her three grandchildren, Stephanie, Steven, and | ||
Brent, enriched her life immeasurably; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mary Kirven was a proud life member of the Alpha | ||
Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, | ||
and in 2012, the sorority honored her for her work with the | ||
civil rights movement; she was a talented bridge player, an | ||
esteemed citizen, and a treasured community leader, and she | ||
will long be remembered with respect and admiration by all who | ||
were privileged to share in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Mary Lou Bunkley Kirven; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Mary Kirven. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 26, 2021, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |