Bill Text: TX SR44 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Johnie Mae Gillespie Anderson on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-24 - Reported enrolled [SR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR44-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Johnie Mae Gillespie Anderson on the joyous occasion of | ||
her 100th birthday on January 29, 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Johnie Mae Gillespie was born on January 29, 1917, | ||
in Silver Hills, Texas; she attended school in the Brazos County | ||
School District until she joined the workforce to help support | ||
her family; in the course of her long life, she worked in the | ||
cotton fields and at a cannery, a winery, and a café, and she | ||
served as a hospital laundress and as a domestic worker; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Anderson has been guided in all things by her | ||
Christian faith; she was a devoted member of Morning Star | ||
Missionary Baptist Church for 52 years, and she dedicated her | ||
time to serving as a Baptist Training Union teacher, a Sunday | ||
school teacher, a food bank volunteer, and a member of the Senior | ||
Mission and the Mission Chorus; and | ||
WHEREAS, Johnie Mae has lived a fruitful life and is proud | ||
to have been among the first mothers to walk in the March of Dimes | ||
campaign and to have voted for the nation's first black | ||
president; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Anderson is a beloved matriarch who has been | ||
blessed with six children, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, | ||
23 great-great-grandchildren, and a great-great-great-grandchild; | ||
in celebration of her birthday, family and loved ones are | ||
gathering at the Brazos Valley African American Museum in Bryan, | ||
where she will be honored as an original resident of Brazos | ||
County; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize Johnie Mae Gillespie Anderson as a | ||
treasured citizen of Texas and congratulate her on her 100th | ||
birthday; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her as a memento of this special day. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 24, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |