Bill Text: TX SR18 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-09 - Reported enrolled [SR18 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR18-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
| citizens of Dallas in mourning the loss of Gwendolyn Diane | ||
| Hargrove, who died February 6, 2011, at the age of 64; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove was born November 22, 1946, | ||
| in Oakdale, Louisiana, to Dora Flemming and Arthur Hargrove; a | ||
| graduate of Southern University, she earned a master's degree | ||
| from Prairie View A&M University and pursued additional studies | ||
| at the University of North Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She enjoyed a long and fulfilling career in public | ||
| service; she worked for many years for the City of Dallas, | ||
| serving as a project director for the Youth Development Program | ||
| in the Department of Human Services and lending her remarkable | ||
| talents to area residents at the Martin Luther King Recreation | ||
| Center and the Rhoads Terrace Recreation Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the late 1970s, she began volunteering for the | ||
| Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters as a stage manager for | ||
| various productions; she joined the academy as a full-time | ||
| employee in 1994 and worked on such nationally recognized shows | ||
| as the Dallas Arts Gala and the Black Music and the Civil Rights | ||
| Movement series of concerts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was active in community affairs and played an | ||
| important role in numerous organizations, including the Dallas | ||
| Black Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas Urban League, and the | ||
| Dallas County Community College District; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and boundless | ||
| energy, she gave unselfishly to others, and her wisdom, her | ||
| generous spirit, and her enthusiasm for living each day to the | ||
| fullest will not be forgotten by those who knew her; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was devoted to her large and loving extended | ||
| family, and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured | ||
| forever by her family and many friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
| condolences to the bereaved family of Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of | ||
| Gwen Hargrove. | ||
| West | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on June 9, 2011, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
