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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Myrtle Cecil "Myrcel" Woodcock Britton, |
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who died August 16, 2021, at the age of 101; and |
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WHEREAS, Myrcel Woodcock was born in Parsons, Kansas, on |
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July 19, 1920; she grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, where she had |
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the opportunity to meet both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford and to |
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attend a dance school underwritten by Mr. Ford; and |
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WHEREAS, Myrcel later moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where |
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she was an active member of Forrest Avenue Baptist Church; her |
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many responsibilities there included serving as a Sunday school |
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teacher, as president of the Ypsilanti Child Study Club, and as a |
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member of the church Hostess Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Myrcel married Fred J. Britton, and in 1965, they |
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moved to Paris, Texas; she became an active member of the First |
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Baptist Church and enjoyed teaching Sunbeams; after Fred's |
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death, she moved to Beaumont and joined the Westgate Memorial |
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Baptist Church congregation; she later settled in Burnet and |
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Marble Falls, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church |
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Marble Falls; and |
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WHEREAS, Wherever she resided, this esteemed community |
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leader gave generously of her time to local civic organizations |
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and was a loyal member of her local Republican Party; she loved |
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gardening and entertaining, and she used her skills as a knitter |
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and quilter to bring joy to new parents, wounded soldiers, and |
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the elderly; she also supported many missionary families over the |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, Myrcel Britton was a devoted mother to three |
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children, and she was blessed with three grandchildren and two |
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great-grandchildren; she practiced her faith joyfully and was |
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known for her selflessness, and she will long be remembered with |
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fondness and admiration by all who were blessed to share in her |
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life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Myrtle Cecil Woodcock |
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Britton; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Myrcel Britton. |