Bill Text: TX SR28 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Opal Sweet Dozier Reed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-02-09 - Reported enrolled [SR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR28-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Opal Reed | ||
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their | ||
memories of Dr. Opal Sweet Dozier Reed, who passed away on | ||
January 1, 2021, at the age of 99; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Silas Lynn and Janie Lillian | ||
Lewis, the former Opal Lewis was born in Cameron on | ||
November 23, 1921; she earned several nursing degrees and a | ||
doctorate in psychology; a resident of Kilgore for 68 years, | ||
Dr. Reed served as director of nursing at Stone Road Nursing | ||
Center and Kilgore Nursing Center; she also taught at Kilgore | ||
College for a number of years and was the author of two books on | ||
nursing; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Reed took great pride in her children, John, | ||
Opal, Clara, and Rhonda, and she delighted in the time spent with | ||
her 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and 7 | ||
great-great-grandchildren; a woman of faith, she was a member of | ||
Kilgore Missionary Baptist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although she will be deeply missed, the passage of | ||
time will never diminish the joy and love that Dr. Opal Reed | ||
brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Opal Sweet | ||
Dozier Reed and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
family: to her children, John Andrew Sweet, Opal Faye Staples, | ||
Clara Jane Sweet, and Rhonda Gail Blanchard; to her sister, Jane | ||
Stone; to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and | ||
great-great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and | ||
friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns | ||
this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Opal Reed. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 9, 2021, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |