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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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death of Mary Anna Edwards of Fort Worth on March 24, 2015, at the |
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age of 63; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Edwards was born on May 19, 1951, to Nancy Lucy |
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Edrington Edwards and Benjamin Franklin Edwards Jr.; she spent part |
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of her life in Clarksville, and she was a graduate of Nolan Catholic |
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High School in Fort Worth and Texas Christian University; and |
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WHEREAS, This proud Texan's roots ran deep; she was descended |
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from Albert H. Latimer, a signer of the Texas Declaration of |
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Independence, and her father and her grandfather were both county |
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attorneys for Red River County; she served as a trustee for her |
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family's ranch and farm, which has been continuously operated for |
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175 years; she also loved Ryan Place, her neighborhood in Fort |
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Worth, and she served as president of the annual Candlelight |
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Christmas there; and |
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WHEREAS, A passionate lifelong Democrat, Ms. Edwards worked |
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tirelessly on many political campaigns, helping to elect candidates |
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for offices ranging from constable to the state legislature to |
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Congress; she served on the State Democratic Executive Committee |
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and on the boards of the Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats and the |
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Tarrant County Central Labor Council; she was also a valued member |
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of former State Representative Lon Burnam's staff; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Edwards was a Yellow Rose of Texas and a member |
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of the Daughters of the American Revolution; she was also active in |
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the LGBT community and a member of the Communications Workers of |
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America; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Edwards gave freely of her time, expertise, and |
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energy to better her community and to support the causes in which |
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she believed, and she leaves behind a record of service that her |
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loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Mary Anna Edwards and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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brother, Longe Edwards, and his wife, Cathy; to her niece, Emily |
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Edwards; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary |
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Edwards. |