Bill Text: TX HR1 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Marie Ballard for her service to the Terrell community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Reported enrolled [HR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and | ||
| talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better | ||
| place through their actions and example, and lifelong volunteer | ||
| Marie Ballard of Terrell is indeed one such individual; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Ballard began delivering food for Meals on | ||
| Wheels in 1981, and today, at age 94, she continues to faithfully | ||
| make her rounds each week; braving harsh weather and temperature | ||
| extremes, she is accompanied by her friend, Pat Hall, and | ||
| occasionally by her miniature poodle, Mitzy, who is a popular sight | ||
| among those she visits; often, she does more than drop off meals, | ||
| helping out the homebound residents on her route in different ways; | ||
| moreover, she is an active volunteer at Good Shepherd Episcopal | ||
| Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Terrell native, Mrs. Ballard graduated from | ||
| Terrell High School before attending Saint Paul's School of | ||
| Nursing; after getting married and moving to other cities, she | ||
| returned to her hometown in the 1950s and began working at Terrell | ||
| State Hospital, where she served as the director of nursing; she | ||
| retired in 1981, and in honor of her outstanding career, an annual | ||
| award in her name is presented to a hospital employee who | ||
| demonstrates excellence in nursing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through her generous acts of volunteerism, Marie | ||
| Ballard has enriched the lives of countless of her fellow citizens, | ||
| and she serves as a source of inspiration to all those who are | ||
| privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Marie Ballard for | ||
| her decades of service to the Terrell community 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. Ballard as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Gooden | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 5, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
