Bill Text: TX SR427 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing George and Virginia Williams on the occasion of their 75th wedding anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-18 - Reported enrolled [SR427 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR427-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, A 75th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of | ||
| mutual devotion and shared experiences, and George and Virginia | ||
| Williams of Paris, Texas, celebrated this joyous milestone in | ||
| their marriage on December 31, 2018; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Williams fell in love at first sight | ||
| when they met at the Bonham Drug Company soda fountain while | ||
| Mr. Williams was serving as a United States Army Air Corps flight | ||
| instructor at Jones Field, and they exchanged wedding vows on New | ||
| Year's Eve 1943; over the years, they have been blessed with a | ||
| treasured family that includes their children, Don, Janett, | ||
| Susan, and Paul, and grandchildren, Dale, Donna, Lee, Melissa, | ||
| Kristi, David, Matthew, Sean, and Vesta, as well as 19 | ||
| great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams began his career as the founder of | ||
| the Williams Tile Company, and he went on to enjoy 20 years with | ||
| the Campbell Soup Company and another two decades as a tile | ||
| contractor before retiring at the age of 85; Mrs. Williams is a | ||
| respected textile artist and self-taught seamstress, and she is | ||
| renowned for her beautiful quilts; valued residents of the Paris | ||
| community since the late 1940s, the couple have been active in | ||
| the North Star 8 Square Dance Club, and Mrs. Williams is also a | ||
| member of Beta Sigma Phi; they take time together each afternoon | ||
| to share pie and coffee at the home where they have lived since | ||
| 1950; and | ||
| WHEREAS, George and Virginia Williams have enjoyed seven | ||
| and a half decades of abiding love and affection for each other, | ||
| and they are among an exceptional group of men and women who can | ||
| claim such a lasting commitment; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate George and Virginia Williams on | ||
| their 75th wedding anniversary and extend to them sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 18, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
