Bill Text: TX SR44 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: In memory of Athena Presley Monroe Strand of Paradise.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-24 - Reported enrolled [SR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR44-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | S.R. No. 44 | |
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| WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the shock and | ||
| profound sorrow felt by people across Texas and throughout the | ||
| nation at the tragic death of Athena Presley Monroe Strand of | ||
| Paradise on December 2, 2022, at the age of seven; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A precious little girl who was cherished by her | ||
| family and many friends, Athena Strand was born in Duncan, | ||
| Oklahoma, on May 23, 2015, to Jacob Strand and Maitlyn Gandy; her | ||
| circle of loved ones included her stepmother, Ashley Strand, and | ||
| her sisters, Rilyn, Yrsa, and Alice, as well as her grandparents and | ||
| great-grandparents and a host of other relatives who all adored | ||
| her; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Athena was in the first grade at Paradise Elementary | ||
| School, where she made friends effortlessly; she wore an | ||
| irrepressible smile to match her cheerful personality, and she | ||
| enjoyed dancing, singing, horseback riding, and accompanying her | ||
| father to Renaissance festivals; she also loved the color pink and | ||
| dreamed of growing up to be a Viking princess; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Athena Strand brought abundant joy to everyone | ||
| around her, and although her loss is immensely difficult to bear, | ||
| her memory will forever be treasured by all those who were fortunate | ||
| enough to share in the blessing of her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
| hereby pay tribute to the memory of Athena Presley Monroe Strand and | ||
| extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
| parents, Maitlyn Gandy and Jacob Strand and his wife, Ashley; to her | ||
| sisters, Rilyn Dawn Gandy, Yrsa Liv Strand, and Alice Elizabeth | ||
| Strand; to her grandparents, Steven Kulbeth, Mark Strand, Shelly | ||
| and Daymon Crittenden, and Terry Stephens and his wife, Bridget; to | ||
| her great-grandparents, Doylene Thompson, Jackie Kulbeth, Eloise | ||
| Strand, and Jeannie Watson; to her aunts and uncles, Keeland | ||
| Kulbeth, Kaden Jones and her husband, Jerrad, Kayla Kaul and her | ||
| husband, Josh, Zachariah Strand and his wife, Heather, Elijah | ||
| Strand and his wife, Madison, Andrea Larrazolo, Isaiah Castillo, | ||
| Jacob Stevens, and Tyler and Christina; and to her other relatives | ||
| and friends and all those who join them in mourning her passing; | ||
| 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 Athena Strand. | ||
