Bill Text: TX SR22 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Letitia Washington Plummer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-16 - Reported enrolled [SR22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR22-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Letitia Washington Plummer | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
| commemorates the life of Letitia Washington Plummer, who died | ||
| July 13, 2021, at the age of 98; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Letitia Plummer was born on August 23, 1922, in | ||
| Morales, to J. D. Washington and Eulalia Haynes Washington; she | ||
| graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in San Antonio in | ||
| 1938, and she went on to earn a degree in chemistry from Tillotson | ||
| College in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She married the late Matthew Plummer in April of | ||
| 1943, and the couple moved to Tuskegee, Alabama, where their | ||
| sons, Matthew and James Plummer, were born; they were later | ||
| blessed with a daughter, the late Diane Letitia Plummer; her five | ||
| grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren were a source of | ||
| much pride and joy for her; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The family moved to Houston in 1949, and she | ||
| earned a master's degree in counseling from Texas Southern | ||
| University in 1954; she enjoyed a distinguished career as an | ||
| educator and first served as a counselor at Houston's Phillis | ||
| Wheatley High School; she later became the executive director of | ||
| Guidance and Counseling with the Houston Independent School | ||
| District, and she became known for her efforts to channel | ||
| minority students toward college instead of toward trade | ||
| schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A woman of wisdom, courage, and determination, | ||
| she gave unselfishly to others, and she will long be remembered | ||
| for her radiant smile, her curiosity and thirst for knowledge, | ||
| and her enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, | ||
| and she leaves behind memories that will be cherished forever by | ||
| her family and friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
| condolences to the bereaved family of Letitia Washington | ||
| Plummer; 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 Letitia Plummer. | ||
| Whitmire | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on August 16, 2021, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
