Bill Text: TX SR59 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory Willie Fae Atkinson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-02 - Reported enrolled [SR59 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR59-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Willie Fae Atkinson | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Florence in mourning the loss of Willie Fae Atkinson, | ||
who died July 2, 2021, at the age of 95; and | ||
WHEREAS, A Williamson County native, Willie Fae Reagor was | ||
born in her family's home on January 30, 1926; she began her | ||
education in Andice, Texas, and then transferred to Florence | ||
schools when the Andice School House closed; and | ||
WHEREAS, On May 25, 1945, Willie Fae married her lifelong | ||
love, Tom Atkinson; his military career took them to Rhode Island | ||
and Pennsylvania, and at the end of World War II, they relocated | ||
to College Station, where Tom attended Texas A&M University and | ||
Willie Fae worked as a telephone switchboard operator for Bryan | ||
Field; and | ||
WHEREAS, Upon Tom's graduation, the couple settled near | ||
Florence and began raising livestock; they were blessed with four | ||
children, and their 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren | ||
enriched her life immeasurably; and | ||
WHEREAS, Willie Fae took great joy in serving as a steward | ||
of her cherished community; she was the first female to serve on | ||
the Florence Independent School Board as a write-in candidate, | ||
and she served in numerous leadership positions during her 70 | ||
years as a congregant of the Florence Methodist Church; she | ||
served as a Girl Scout leader and held several offices with the | ||
Home Demonstration Club, and she was a delegate to the State Farm | ||
Bureau Convention; and | ||
WHEREAS, She was a woman of many talents, and she passed on | ||
her masterful skill as a seamstress to her daughters and | ||
granddaughters; she touched the lives of many through her loving | ||
spirit, and she enjoyed sharing the beautiful flowers and | ||
vegetables from her gardens with her family and friends; she was | ||
a treasured citizen, and she will long be remembered with respect | ||
and admiration by all who were privileged to share in her life; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Willie Fae Atkinson; 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 Willie Fae Atkinson. | ||
Buckingham | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on September 2, 2021, | ||
by a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |