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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed a |
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special occasion, and Joy Smith Jones of Marshall is marking that |
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significant milestone in her life on June 3, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The only daughter of T. P. Smith Jr. and Eliza Jane |
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King Smith, the former Joy Smith was born in Marshall in 1925; she |
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attended public schools in her hometown and graduated from |
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Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia; on April 30, |
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1949, she married Oscar Benjamin Jones Jr. in a ceremony held in |
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Marshall, and they became the proud parents of three children, |
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Eliza, Oscar, and Diane; Mr. and Mrs. Jones shared a fulfilling |
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relationship until his passing in 1989; through the years, her fine |
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family has grown to include four treasured grandchildren, Alicia |
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Joy Bacon Willeford, Benjamin Shane Bacon, Taylor Alaine Jones, and |
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Merrill Elizabeth Jones, as well as two great-grandchildren, |
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Jackson Shane Willeford and Samuel Michael Willeford; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones is gifted at needlework, and she and her |
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daughter Diane owned a needlepoint shop for several years; a |
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lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church, she has |
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participated in mission work in Mexico, and she has given |
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generously of her time and talents to the hospital, the Red Cross, |
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Camp Fire Girls, the civic center, and the Michelson Museum of Art; |
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she is fond of animals and gardening, and she has enjoyed traveling |
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around the world and visiting with relatives in northern Alabama; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, |
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Joy Smith Jones is a source of joy and inspiration to all who have |
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the great privilege of knowing her and sharing in the richness of |
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her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Joy Smith Jones on her 90th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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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. Jones as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |