Bill Text: TX SR6 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Rose Campbell Lancaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-30 - Reported enrolled [SR6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR6-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Rose Campbell Lancaster | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Rose Campbell | ||
Lancaster, who died May 23, 2013, at the age of 86; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rose Campbell was born on June 18, 1926, in | ||
Atlanta, Georgia; she grew up in West Point, Mississippi, | ||
graduated from Millsaps College with a degree in Spanish, and | ||
earned a teaching certificate from Tulane University; and | ||
WHEREAS, She married Jim Lancaster in 1955, and the couple | ||
moved to Austin, where they raised their four children and where | ||
Rose became a well-known and highly respected community leader; | ||
she served on numerous boards and committees and was noted for | ||
her outstanding work on behalf of the homeless and for her | ||
consistent efforts to help children and to promote women's | ||
empowerment; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1971, she became the first executive director | ||
of Extend-A-Care, which provides after-school care for children | ||
of working families, and she helped to expand its services from a | ||
single school to over 35 Austin area schools; she also worked as | ||
program director of the Presbyterian Children's Home and as | ||
interim director of Manos de Cristo at El Buen Pastor Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, In the mid-1990s, she left behind her | ||
professional career to focus full-time on her career in | ||
volunteerism; she was a founding board member of the Austin Human | ||
Services Association and of Front Steps; she was instrumental in | ||
designing the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, and she | ||
took part in creating the Capitol Area Homeless Alliance; and | ||
WHEREAS, She was deeply committed to her work as a | ||
volunteer, and she earned many awards for her exceptional | ||
accomplishments and exemplary leadership; she was the recipient | ||
of the Spirit of Compassion Community Scion Award from the | ||
Foundation for the Homeless, and the Community Spirit Award from | ||
Front Steps; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rose Lancaster was a remarkably generous, | ||
kindhearted person who was respected by all who knew her; she was | ||
devoted to her husband, Jim, her children, Liz, Jim, David, and | ||
Doug, her seven grandchildren, and her great-grandchild; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rose Lancaster gave unselfishly of her time to | ||
others, and she touched the lives of countless people; she was | ||
beloved by her family and friends, and she will long be | ||
remembered with affection and appreciation by all who were | ||
privileged to share in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Rose Campbell Lancaster; | ||
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 Rose Lancaster. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 30, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |