Bill Text: TX HR208 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dorothy Grace Turner Jenkins of Kerrville on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Reported enrolled [HR208 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR208-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 208 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Grace Turner Jenkins of Kerrville is | ||
| celebrating her 90th birthday on July 1, 2011, and this milestone is | ||
| indeed deserving of special recognition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in 1921 in her grandmother's home in Luling, | ||
| Dorothy Grace Turner moved with her family to Seguin a year later; | ||
| she attended The University of Texas, where she majored in music and | ||
| joined the Chi Omega sorority; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dorothy Grace Turner moved to Houston in the early | ||
| 1940s, and after college she returned there to work; she was | ||
| singing in the choir at First Methodist Church when she met Kenneth | ||
| Allen Jenkins, the son of her choir director and the man who would | ||
| become her life partner; the two were joined in matrimony on April | ||
| 17, 1941, and they shared 55 rewarding years together, until Mr. | ||
| Jenkins's passing in 1996; the couple became the proud parents of | ||
| two daughters, Catherine Vivien Jenkins Comiskey and Patricia Grace | ||
| Jenkins Jones, and today Mrs. Jenkins's family also includes five | ||
| grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has always played an active role | ||
| in her community; while living in Houston, she was involved in | ||
| P.E.O., an organization that promotes educational opportunities | ||
| for women, and in another important philanthropic group, the Blue | ||
| Bird Circle; she was also active in the Chi Omega alumni chapter and | ||
| in First Methodist Church; following her family's move to McAllen, | ||
| she became a valued member of that community's First United | ||
| Methodist Church, joined the McAllen Country Club, where she | ||
| enjoyed playing tennis, and continued to be involved with P.E.O. | ||
| and the Chi Omega alumni; since relocating to Kerrville in 2002, she | ||
| has affiliated with the First United Methodist Church there, | ||
| remained involved with other alumni of her sorority, and joined the | ||
| Riverhills Country Club; in addition, she still enjoys a good game | ||
| of bridge; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, | ||
| Dorothy Grace Jenkins is a source of joy and inspiration to all who | ||
| have the great privilege of knowing her and sharing in the richness | ||
| of her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dorothy Grace | ||
| Turner Jenkins on the occasion of her 90th 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. Jenkins as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Hilderbran | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 208 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 27, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
