Bill Text: TX SR237 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: In memory of Dovie Lee Greene Jackson.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-26 - Printed in full [SR237 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SR237-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 237


	In Memory
	of
	Dovie Lee Greene Jackson

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
	citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Dovie Lee Greene
	Jackson, who died December 23, 2018; and

	WHEREAS, Dovie Lee Greene Jackson was a lifelong Texan and
	a 30-year employee of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts;
	she was known for her intelligence, fairness, and compassion and
	for dedicating her life to serving others; and

	WHEREAS, She was born September 8, 1952, in Odessa, Texas,
	and was the third of six children of Shellie T. Greene and Ruby
	O'Neal Greene; and

	WHEREAS, She graduated from Ector High School in 1971, and
	she began working for the comptroller's Odessa Enforcement
	Office in 1977, during a time when women and people of color were
	still coming up through the ranks; and

	WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson received her bachelor of business
	administration degree in management from The University of Texas
	of the Permian Basin in 1981, and she fulfilled all the
	requirements for her degree while working full-time as an
	enforcement officer; and

	WHEREAS, In 1982, she was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha
	Sorority, Incorporated, Rho Iota Chapter, and she later was
	honored as a Silver Soror; and

	WHEREAS, She completed the Graduate School of Business
	Governor's Executive Development Program at The University of
	Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1992; and

	WHEREAS, Dovie received the Distinguished Former Odessan
	award in 1998 from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation, and The
	University of Texas of the Permian Basin Alumni Association
	honored Mrs. Jackson as its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus for her
	professional achievements and loyal service to the university; and

	WHEREAS, She was a longtime member of Mount Zion Baptist
	Church in Austin and served as a member of the church's board of
	trustees, finance committee, and building committee; and

	WHEREAS, Mrs. Jackson was President Emeritus of Black
	American Comptroller Employees, and she was the first African
	American and first woman to be named Deputy Comptroller for the
	State of Texas; and

	WHEREAS, She was the first director of the Comptroller's
	Employee Engagement Division, and she served as a mentor to the
	agency's next generation of employees; she worked across the
	agency to make the workplace better for all; and

	WHEREAS, Dovie Jackson was a source of inspiration to
	others and gave selflessly of her heart, her time, her service,
	and her resources; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the members of
	her family: her husband, Isaac Jackson; her daughter, Tracy
	Ellis-Harrison; her sons, Isaac D. Jackson and Christopher N.
	Jackson; her grandchildren, Shamar Harrison, Brittney C.
	Jackson, Briana Jackson, and Dorian C. Jackson; her siblings,
	Dr. Dorothy Greene Jackson, Shellie Greene, Henretta Greene
	Holmes, and Marilyn Greene Clark; and a host of nieces, nephews,
	and cousins; 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 Dovie Lee Greene Jackson.

	Watson



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on February 21, 2019,
		by a rising vote.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate