Bill Text: TX SR59 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Anne C. McAfee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-17 - Reported enrolled [SR59 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR59-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Anne C. McAfee | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of longtime activist Anne C. McAfee, who | ||
died July 13, 2013, at the age of 82; and | ||
WHEREAS, Anne Elizabeth Castleberry was born October 15, | ||
1930, in Austin; she grew up in her Faulk grandparents' home in | ||
rural South Austin in an atmosphere where the important issues of | ||
the day were vigorously debated and where she developed a deep | ||
and abiding love of the nation's founding ideals and its | ||
commitment to justice for all; and | ||
WHEREAS, She married Bill McAfee in 1952, and the couple | ||
raised five children, Susan, Mark, Karen, Laura, and Nancy, and | ||
they were blessed with numerous grandchildren and | ||
great-grandchildren; together, they operated Futura Press on | ||
South Congress Avenue and published a weekly newspaper, the | ||
Austin Times, and a monthly magazine, Go Austin!; and | ||
WHEREAS, She began her long career as an activist at the | ||
age of 13 as a volunteer in the 1944 gubernatorial campaign of | ||
Minnie Fisher Cunningham, who had served as president of the | ||
Texas Women's Suffrage Association and who had played an | ||
important role in the achievement of women's voting rights in | ||
Texas two years before the rest of the nation made it the law; and | ||
WHEREAS, She went on to work for a wide variety of | ||
progressive candidates, from local candidates like John Courage | ||
and Maria Canchola to national figures like Ralph Yarborough, | ||
Henry B. Gonzalez, and George McGovern; and | ||
WHEREAS, An unabashed liberal, she championed such causes | ||
as ending war and nuclear proliferation, protecting the | ||
environment, promoting civil rights for minorities and farm | ||
workers, defending women's rights, and providing health care for | ||
all; and | ||
WHEREAS, She was a founding member of the Save Barton | ||
Springs Association and served for many years as an officer with | ||
the Austin League of Women Voters and the Travis County | ||
Democratic Women's Committee; she represented Senate District 14 | ||
on the State Democratic Executive Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Anne McAfee was determined to see that America | ||
lived up to its founding ideals and upheld them for all its | ||
citizens; her tenacity and boundless energy in pursuit of that | ||
goal served as an inspiration to several generations of young men | ||
and women who shared her vision of a better country for all its | ||
people; and | ||
WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and compassion, she | ||
gave unselfishly to others, and her wisdom, her generous spirit, | ||
and her enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest will not be | ||
forgotten; and | ||
WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, | ||
and she leaves behind memories that will be cherished forever by | ||
her family and countless friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Anne C. McAfee; 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 Anne C. McAfee. | ||
Watson | ||
________________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on July 17, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
________________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |