Bill Text: TX SR52 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Myrtle Cecil "Myrcel" Woodcock Britton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-05 - Reported enrolled [SR52 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR52-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Myrtle Cecil "Myrcel" Woodcock Britton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-05 - Reported enrolled [SR52 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR52-Introduced.html
2021S0574-1 09/24/21 | ||
By: Buckingham | S.R. No. 52 |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Myrtle Cecil "Myrcel" Woodcock Britton, | ||
who died August 16, 2021, at the age of 101; and | ||
WHEREAS, Myrcel Woodcock was born in Parsons, Kansas, on | ||
July 19, 1920; she grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, where she had | ||
the opportunity to meet both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford and to | ||
attend a dance school underwritten by Mr. Ford; and | ||
WHEREAS, Myrcel later moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where | ||
she was an active member of Forrest Avenue Baptist Church; her | ||
many responsibilities there included serving as a Sunday school | ||
teacher, as president of the Ypsilanti Child Study Club, and as a | ||
member of the church Hostess Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Myrcel married Fred J. Britton, and in 1965, they | ||
moved to Paris, Texas; she became an active member of the First | ||
Baptist Church and enjoyed teaching Sunbeams; after Fred's | ||
death, she moved to Beaumont and joined the Westgate Memorial | ||
Baptist Church congregation; she later settled in Burnet and | ||
Marble Falls, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church | ||
Marble Falls; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wherever she resided, this esteemed community | ||
leader gave generously of her time to local civic organizations | ||
and was a loyal member of her local Republican Party; she loved | ||
gardening and entertaining, and she used her skills as a knitter | ||
and quilter to bring joy to new parents, wounded soldiers, and | ||
the elderly; she also supported many missionary families over the | ||
years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Myrcel Britton was a devoted mother to three | ||
children, and she was blessed with three grandchildren and two | ||
great-grandchildren; she practiced her faith joyfully and was | ||
known for her selflessness, and she will long be remembered with | ||
fondness and admiration by all who were blessed to share in her | ||
life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Myrtle Cecil Woodcock | ||
Britton; 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 Myrcel Britton. |