Bill Text: TX HR2228 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Maxine Curvey of Houston on her 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2228-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2228 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
| cause for celebration, and Maxine Curvey of Houston marked that | ||
| special milestone on January 23, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Lum and Flossie White Curvey, Maxine | ||
| Curvey was born in Grapeland in 1933; she attended W. R. Banks High | ||
| School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Prairie View A&M | ||
| University, as well as a master's degree from Texas Southern | ||
| University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of her distinguished career in | ||
| education, Ms. Curvey taught with the Houston Independent School | ||
| District and the Aldine Independent School District, and her | ||
| 52-year tenure in the classroom is thought to be one of the longest | ||
| in the city; she further contributed to the development of area | ||
| youth through her work as a troop leader and a Christian Youth | ||
| Fellowship council member; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A founding resident of the historic Pleasantville | ||
| community, Ms. Curvey is a longtime member of several neighborhood | ||
| organizations, including the Pleasantville Civic League, Voters | ||
| League, Historical Society, and Elders Council; moreover, she is a | ||
| valued congregant of Disciples of Christ Christian Church, where | ||
| she has held a variety of leadership roles, and she has received | ||
| numerous awards for her activism and her dedicated efforts to | ||
| benefit her fellow citizens; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Respected and admired by all who are privileged to | ||
| know her, Maxine Curvey may reflect with great satisfaction on a | ||
| lifetime of achievement, and it is a pleasure to join her many | ||
| friends and loved ones in honoring her on this memorable occasion; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Maxine Curvey on 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 Ms. Curvey as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Dutton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2228 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
