Bill Text: TX HR42 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Martha "Marty" Barron Bondurant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR42-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 42 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Martha Barron Bondurant of Arlington on December 1, | ||
| 2011, at the age of 89; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 8, 1922, the | ||
| former Marty Barron was the daughter of Thomas Barron and Hazel | ||
| Donohoe; she attended St. Dominic Catholic School and graduated | ||
| from Seton High School before going on to complete her education at | ||
| Mercy Hospital School of Nursing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This dedicated nurse enlisted in the United States | ||
| Army Air Corps and then transferred to the Army Ground Corps in | ||
| order to be deployed overseas during World War II; she worked at the | ||
| army hospital in Torquay, England, and on one occasion, she | ||
| assisted surgeons for 72 straight hours as they treated men wounded | ||
| in the Battle of the Bulge; after the Allied victory in Europe, she | ||
| cared for soldiers and concentration camp survivors in Reims, | ||
| France; it was there that she met Army Captain Fred Warren | ||
| Bondurant, Jr., and he later proposed to her in Baltimore, where she | ||
| was working at the Merchant Marine Hospital; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Bondurant married in her hometown and | ||
| moved to Arlington; over the course of the couple's 68 years | ||
| together, they became the proud parents of 6 children, Sherry, | ||
| Terrie, Chrissie, Rick, Sandy, and Barry, and shared in the joy of | ||
| welcoming into their family 28 grandchildren and 14 | ||
| great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, | ||
| Marty Bondurant was a source of joy and inspiration to all who | ||
| shared in the richness of her life, and those who loved her will | ||
| forever hold her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Martha Barron | ||
| Bondurant and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
| family: to her husband, Fred W. Bondurant; to her children, Sherry | ||
| Lewis and her husband, Jim, Terrie Whitman and her husband, Doug, | ||
| Chrissie Keffler and her husband, Bill, Rick Bondurant, Sandy Berry | ||
| and her husband, Tim, and Barry Bondurant and his wife, Karen; to | ||
| her grandchildren, Amy, Andrew, Jennie, Elizabeth, Sarah, Katie, | ||
| Abby, Joey, Sam, Ellie, Will, Danielle, Rachel, Ricky, Josh, | ||
| Nathan, Ben, T. J., Luke, Nick, Emily, Caleb, Rebekah, Samantha, | ||
| Noah, Tabitha, and Faith; to her sisters, Isobel Barron and | ||
| Catherine Craig and her husband, Gene; to her 14 | ||
| great-grandchildren; 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 Marty | ||
| Bondurant. | ||
| Patrick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 42 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on February 18, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
