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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Clara Jo Davis retired as a community columnist for |
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the Athens Review in 2012, drawing to a close a successful career in |
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journalism that has spanned more than 30 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Before taking up her most recent vocation, |
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Mrs. Davis spent many years as a caterer, baking wedding and |
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birthday cakes, as well as homemade bread, for members of her |
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community; after her work in the food industry, she drove a school |
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bus for the Cross Roads, Athens, and Malakoff school districts for |
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18 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Davis's deep roots in Henderson County and her |
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"passion for food, church, and her friends" served her well over the |
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course of her long affiliation with the Athens Review; her weekly |
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columns, which centered on the Cross Roads and Shady Oak areas, were |
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widely admired and appreciated, and subscribers benefited every |
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issue from her wide-ranging reminiscences and from her helpful |
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updates on community life; and |
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WHEREAS, An alumna of Cross Roads School, the former Clara Jo |
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Morrison married Osburn Davis in 1944, and the couple became the |
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parents of a daughter, Bobbie Karan; though these two beloved |
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figures in her life have since passed, Mrs. Davis still enjoys the |
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company of her sister, Bobbie Matthews, and her husband, Carl Lee; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Even in retirement, Mrs. Davis plans to continue |
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serving the newspaper, as she will use her experience to guide the |
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new Cross Roads and Shady Oak community columnist, Peggy Trammel |
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Allen, toward a successful writing career; and |
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WHEREAS, Held in fond esteem by her colleagues for her |
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friendliness and unfailing dedication to her work, Clara Jo Davis |
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may indeed take pride in her three-decade record of outstanding |
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journalism and in the great pleasure that she has given to others |
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over these many years; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Clara Jo Davis on her retirement as |
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a community columnist for the Athens Review and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Davis as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |