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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Sherry Diane Wakeland of Maypearl on |
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March 18, 2019, at the age of 51, has brought profound sorrow to all |
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those who loved and cherished her; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Sherry Diane Ray was the beloved daughter |
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of Adah Ray and the late Donald Ray, and she grew up with the |
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companionship of a brother, Mark; she attended Abilene Christian |
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University, where she met her future husband, Christopher James |
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Wakeland; the couple married on March 19, 1988, and resided in |
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Waxahachie for a time before settling in the Maypearl community; |
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they became the devoted parents of four sons, Kyle, Daniel, Brett, |
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and Landon, and Ms. Wakeland embraced her role as a mother, taking |
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immense pride in raising her sons to be respectable men; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to nurturing the development of children, |
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Ms. Wakeland returned to school in 2012 to complete her bachelor's |
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degree and obtain her teaching certificate; for the past four |
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years, she taught elementary school students in the Hillsboro |
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Independent School District, where her passion and natural affinity |
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for education were apparent to all; and |
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WHEREAS, Although her journey on this earth ended far too |
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soon, Sherry Diane Wakeland inspired everyone around her with her |
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tremendous grace and determination, and her memory will continue to |
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shine brightly in the hearts of those who were blessed to know her; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sherry Diane Wakeland |
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and extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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mother, Adah Ray; to her husband, Chris Wakeland; to her sons, Kyle |
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Wakeland and his wife, Samantha, Daniel Wakeland, Brett Wakeland, |
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and Landon Wakeland; to her brother, Mark Ray, and his wife, Rhonda; |
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to her sister-in-law, Lori Wakeland Duff; to her nephews, Matthew |
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and Nathan Ray and Tyler Duff; and to her other relatives and |
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friends; and, be it 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 Sherry |
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Diane Wakeland. |