Bill Text: TX HR104 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Donna Mickan of Euless.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-15 - Reported enrolled [HR104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR104-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 104 |
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WHEREAS, The city of Euless lost one of its most admired | ||
citizens with the passing of Donna Mickan on January 6, 2013, at the | ||
age of 69; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Georgetown, the former Donna Bishop was | ||
born to Willie and Cleo Bishop on July 31, 1943, and she grew up with | ||
the companionship of two brothers, Clinton and Troy; she married | ||
Randell Mickan, and they moved to Euless in 1964; the couple shared | ||
more than five decades together and were devoted parents to their | ||
children, Marianne and Randell; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mickan enjoyed a career at Trinity High School | ||
before retiring, and she co-owned and operated Bloomtown Florist in | ||
the Euless Town Center in 1981; in addition to her professional | ||
duties, she found time to give back to her community as a member of | ||
the Economic Development Advisory Board and the Historical | ||
Preservation Committee; moreover, she was a former president of the | ||
Morrisdale Homeowners Association, and she frequently volunteered | ||
as a docent at historic Heritage Park; a graduate of the Euless | ||
Citizens Fire-Police Academy, she was active in the Citizens Fire | ||
and Police Academy alumni associations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mickan was elected to Place 4 on the Euless City | ||
Council in 2008; over the course of her two terms, she acted as a | ||
liaison to the Grapevine-Colleyville school district and | ||
represented the council on the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Teen Court | ||
Advisory Board; she also held the office of mayor pro tempore in | ||
2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, In her leisure time, Mrs. Mickan enjoyed traveling, | ||
playing the piano, and singing in the choir at First United | ||
Methodist of Hurst, where she was an administrative board member; | ||
sustained by a deep and abiding faith, she helped comfort and | ||
counsel others as a Stephen Minister; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Donna Mickan will be greatly missed, her | ||
kind words and deeds will continue to serve as a source of | ||
inspiration for all those who were blessed to share in the richness | ||
of her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Donna Mickan and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
husband, Randell Mickan, Sr.; to her children, Marianne Priddy and | ||
her husband, Michael, and Randell Mickan, Jr., and his wife, Kelly; | ||
to her grandchildren, Mitchell Priddy, Michelle Priddy, Erin | ||
Mickan, and Samantha Mickan; to her brothers, Clinton Bishop and | ||
his wife, Adale, and Troy Bishop; and to her other relatives and | ||
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 Donna | ||
Mickan. | ||
Stickland | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 104 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on January 15, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||