Bill Text: TX HR47 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Imogene Bethel of Lamesa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR47-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 47 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Imogene Bethel of Lamesa passed away on July 13, | ||
| 2017, at the age of 99, drawing to a close a long life filled with | ||
| family, friends, and a wealth of warm memories; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Center Point, Arkansas, the former | ||
| Imogene Bedwell was born on April 26, 1918, to Levi and Norma | ||
| Bedwell and grew up with the companionship of a brother and three | ||
| sisters; after moving with her family to Quitaque, she met and fell | ||
| in love with Hal Reid Bethel, a regular customer at her father's | ||
| café; they were married in 1939 and became the devoted parents of a | ||
| son, Donald; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following a stint as a chief operator for a local | ||
| phone company in Quitaque, Mrs. Bethel joined her husband in | ||
| purchasing the Reid Bethel Tire Store in Lamesa in 1945; the Bethels | ||
| built their home on 15th Street in 1955, and through the years, | ||
| Mrs. Bethel delighted in hosting numerous guests, with whom she | ||
| shared countless wonderful meals and rousing games of dominos and | ||
| Skip-Bo; some of her favorite memories involved spending summers | ||
| with her family at Lake Stamford, taking RV tours around Texas with | ||
| her husband, and visiting Disneyland with her loved ones; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Strong in her faith, Mrs. Bethel was a valued | ||
| congregant of the First United Methodist Church, where she took | ||
| part in the Cal Wright Sunday school class, and she was also a | ||
| member of the Green Thumb Garden Club; moreover, she was an avid | ||
| reader and a dedicated fan of the Dallas Cowboys; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Imogene Bethel lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
| centered around her faith and her family, and she will long be | ||
| remembered with deep affection by all who knew her; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Imogene Bethel and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
| family: to her son, Don Bethel, and his wife, Lynda; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Danner Bethel and his wife, Tracy, Denise Molina and | ||
| her husband, Gustavo, and David Bethel and his wife, Jana; to her | ||
| great-grandchildren, Jake and Molly Bethel and Sofia and Stella | ||
| Molina; and to her other relatives and her many friends and | ||
| neighbors; 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 Imogene | ||
| Bethel. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 47 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on August 15, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
