Bill Text: TX HR2 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Congratulating Frances Tankersley Messer on her 100th birthday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-13 - Reported enrolled [HR2 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR2-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 2



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Frances Tankersley Messer is celebrating her 100th
	birthday on September 23, 2023, and this occasion provides a
	welcome opportunity for family and friends to express the love and
	affection they hold for her; and
	WHEREAS, The former Frances Tankersley was born in Abilene in
	1923 to William Gaddis Tankersley and Mary Lea Pinegar Tankersley,
	and she grew up with three siblings, Cleon, Randall, and Billye
	Jean; her family relocated to Shamrock, Oklahoma, and then to
	Austin, where she graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and
	was a member of the Red Jackets dance team; she earned a pharmacy
	degree from The University of Texas in 1944, and she became one of
	only a few women working as a pharmacist at the time; and
	WHEREAS, She met her future husband, James Bauerle, when she
	was a student at UT, and the couple were blessed with three
	children; in the early 1950s, Mrs. Messer and her family moved to
	San Antonio, and there she became an active volunteer with local and
	statewide dental auxiliaries and with her church; and
	WHEREAS, Today, Mrs. Messer is the proud matriarch of a
	family that includes her three daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne
	and Jack Pool, Nancy and Grover Campbell, and Janet and Greg
	Anderson, her five grandchildren, Jeff, Logan, Lee, Elizabeth, and
	William, and her three great-grandchildren, Tiegan, Hunter, and
	Henley; a woman of many interests and talents, she is a loyal UT
	football fan and a gifted cook, and she has traveled to numerous
	countries around the world; and
	WHEREAS, Frances Messer is a source of tremendous
	inspiration, and in sharing the experience gained through a century
	of life well lived, she bestows a precious gift of wisdom that
	benefits all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore,
	be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Frances
	Tankersley Messer on her 100th birthday and extend to her sincere
	best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mrs. Messer as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.

	Allison

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House on July 13,
	2023, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House