Bill Text: TX SR456 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Ruth Laverne Wells Wyrick.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-24 - Reported enrolled [SR456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR456-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Ruth Laverne Wells Wyrick | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Ruth Laverne Wells Wyrick, who died on | ||
April 14, 2023, at the age of 88; and | ||
WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Texan, Ruth Laverne Wells was | ||
born on September 29, 1934, in Waco; she attended the segregated | ||
A. J. Moore High School and went on to graduate from Southwestern | ||
Christian College in Terrell; she moved to Dallas, where she met | ||
and married Ernest "Deacon" Wyrick, and they settled in Oak Cliff | ||
and shared 59 years of marriage; they were blessed with two | ||
children, Narleski and Natesha; and | ||
WHEREAS, A woman of strong Christian faith, Ruth was a | ||
courageous and determined person who was firm in her principles, | ||
and she was guided by her faith in her daily life; she enrolled | ||
her children in private elementary and high schools, and her son | ||
attended Dallas Christian School in 1968 when the school had not | ||
yet been desegregated; when the school was relocated, Ruth joined | ||
other parents in establishing Christian Academy of Oak Cliff, | ||
where she served as a member of the Parent Teacher Organization | ||
and the Ladies Auxiliary for Christian Education; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ruth and Deacon were faithful members of Marsalis | ||
Avenue Church of Christ in Oak Cliff, where Ruth taught Bible | ||
classes, volunteered as a youth counselor, and supported her | ||
church members as a companion in prayer; she also volunteered | ||
with Lifeline Chaplaincy through Marsalis, and she supported her | ||
husband in his many church responsibilities as well as in their | ||
work with the National Youth Conference of the Churches of | ||
Christ; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ruth was instrumental in creating the Mr. and | ||
Miss National Youth Conference Pageant, one of the most esteemed | ||
activities for youth across the brotherhood; active in the Dallas | ||
chapter of Southwestern Christian College's alumni association, | ||
Ruth raised close to $1.5 million over the past 25 years, and she | ||
won numerous awards for her outstanding service, including | ||
receiving an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, A mentor to church leaders and ministers and a | ||
believer in the power of political activism, Ruth held various | ||
leadership positions and served her community as chair of the | ||
City of Dallas Martin Luther King Jr. Board; she served as | ||
Democratic Precinct Chair for 50 years and as a Dallas County | ||
election judge for local and state elections, and she attended | ||
the Texas Democratic Convention for 40 years; she was an | ||
influential and charismatic woman whose political endorsements | ||
could inspire multitudes to turn out and support first-time | ||
candidates; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to her spiritual and political | ||
activities, Ruth worked for the Dallas Independent School | ||
District for more than 20 years until her retirement in 2009; | ||
above all else, she was a loving wife and mother and a devoted | ||
grandmother to her five grandsons; Ruth gave unselfishly to | ||
others, and her kindness, her passion, and her generous spirit | ||
will long be remembered by all who were blessed to share in her | ||
life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Ruth Laverne Wells Wyrick; 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 Ruth Wells Wyrick. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 24, 2023, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |