Bill Text: TX HR1 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-13 - Reported enrolled [HR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1 |
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WHEREAS, Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt of Dallas, the beloved | ||
matriarch of one of the most influential families in American | ||
sports, passed away on June 4, 2023, at the age of 85; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Edward and Loretta Knobel, the | ||
former Norma Knobel was born in Greenville on March 28, 1938; she | ||
graduated from Richardson High School, earned a secondary education | ||
degree from North Texas State University, and taught history at | ||
Richardson High; in 1963, she began dating Lamar Hunt, who had | ||
founded the American Football League four years earlier; the couple | ||
wed on January 22, 1964, and they shared more than 40 happy years | ||
together before Mr. Hunt's death in 2006; they raised two sons, | ||
Clark and Daniel, and Mrs. Hunt also took great pride in her five | ||
grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Hunt provided vital support to her husband as | ||
he realized a series of important achievements in the sports world, | ||
including the merger of the American and National Football Leagues | ||
and the formation of World Championship Tennis and Major League | ||
Soccer; at Mrs. Hunt's behest, the couple were founding investors | ||
in the NBA's Chicago Bulls; above all, the Hunt name became | ||
synonymous with the NFL and particularly with the Kansas City | ||
Chiefs franchise, which Mr. Hunt established in 1963 by relocating | ||
his Dallas-based AFL team to a new market; known as the First Lady | ||
of Football, Mrs. Hunt attended all 57 Super Bowls to date, | ||
starting with Kansas City's appearance in the inaugural 1967 title | ||
contest and concluding with the 2023 Super Bowl, in which the Chiefs | ||
claimed their third Lombardi Trophy; currently, her son Clark Hunt | ||
is chair and CEO of the family-owned team; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in the community, Mrs. Hunt was a | ||
prominent benefactor of the Dallas Museum of Art, and she supported | ||
such entities as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Crystal Charity | ||
Ball, and Park Cities Presbyterian Church; moreover, she was the | ||
driving force in her family's acquisition of Bidwell Creek Vineyard | ||
in California in 2000 and helped guide the development of its | ||
award-winning wines; and | ||
WHEREAS, Renowned for her generosity, her positive outlook, | ||
and her abiding concern for others, Norma Hunt will be greatly | ||
missed, but the passage of time will never diminish the joy and love | ||
that she brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt and extend heartfelt condolences to the | ||
members of her family: to her sons, Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia, | ||
and Daniel Hunt and his wife, Toni; to her brother, Edward Knobel | ||
III, and his wife, Paula; to her niece, Amy Knobel; to her | ||
grandchildren, Gracelyn, Knobel, Ava, Darlington, and Tennyson | ||
Hunt; and to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Norma Hunt. | ||
Meyer | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on July 13, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||