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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18
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In Memory |
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Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Dallas in mourning the loss of Gwendolyn Diane |
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Hargrove, who died February 6, 2011, at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove was born November 22, 1946, |
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in Oakdale, Louisiana, to Dora Flemming and Arthur Hargrove; a |
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graduate of Southern University, she earned a master's degree |
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from Prairie View A&M University and pursued additional studies |
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at the University of North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, She enjoyed a long and fulfilling career in public |
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service; she worked for many years for the City of Dallas, |
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serving as a project director for the Youth Development Program |
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in the Department of Human Services and lending her remarkable |
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talents to area residents at the Martin Luther King Recreation |
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Center and the Rhoads Terrace Recreation Center; and |
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WHEREAS, In the late 1970s, she began volunteering for the |
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Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters as a stage manager for |
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various productions; she joined the academy as a full-time |
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employee in 1994 and worked on such nationally recognized shows |
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as the Dallas Arts Gala and the Black Music and the Civil Rights |
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Movement series of concerts; and |
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WHEREAS, She was active in community affairs and played an |
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important role in numerous organizations, including the Dallas |
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Black Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas Urban League, and the |
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Dallas County Community College District; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and boundless |
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energy, she gave unselfishly to others, and her wisdom, her |
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generous spirit, and her enthusiasm for living each day to the |
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fullest will not be forgotten by those who knew her; and |
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WHEREAS, She was devoted to her large and loving extended |
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family, and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured |
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forever by her family and many friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Gwendolyn Diane Hargrove; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of |
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Gwen Hargrove. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on June 9, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |