Bill Text: TX HR9 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Pamela Kay Jones Acton of Ozona.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR9-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 9 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
| of Pamela Kay Jones Acton of Ozona, who passed away on October 24, | ||
| 2020, at the age of 77; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former Pam Jones was born in San Angelo on | ||
| November 29, 1942, to William and Esther Jones and was raised on | ||
| family ranches in Crockett County; she shared a rewarding marriage | ||
| with her husband, Earl Acton, that spanned more than four decades | ||
| until his death in 2007, and she took great pride in her two | ||
| children, Bobbie Renfroe and the late Marty Acton; with the passing | ||
| years, Mrs. Acton had the pleasure of seeing her family grow to | ||
| include two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Passionate about ranching, Mrs. Acton raised and | ||
| showed registered Rambouillet sheep and was one of the first women | ||
| to compete in team roping in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys | ||
| Association; among her other accomplishments, she represented | ||
| Crockett County at the National 4-H Congress in Chicago, and she | ||
| served as president of the Devils River Ranchers Protective | ||
| Association and as a director of the Texas High School Rodeo | ||
| Association and the Ozona-Barnhart Trap Company; in addition she | ||
| was a skilled markswoman and renowned for her ability to fix | ||
| anything; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Acton was also a longtime member of the Ozona | ||
| United Methodist Church and served on its hospitality committee; | ||
| moreover, she helped to create and oversee the church services at | ||
| the San Angelo Cinch Roping Fiesta and the San Angelo Stock Show & | ||
| Rodeo; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pam Acton lived a life that was rich in personal and | ||
| professional achievements, and she will forever be a source of | ||
| inspiration to those she leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Pamela Kay Jones | ||
| Acton and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
| her daughter, Bobbie Renfroe, and her husband, Billy; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Aaron Renfroe and his wife, Kari, and Kelbie Tucker | ||
| and her husband, Sean; to her great-grandchildren, Wyatt Tate and | ||
| Bryce Renfroe; to her sister, Shelley Conner, and her husband, | ||
| T. C.; 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 Pam Acton. | ||
| Murr | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 9 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on March 10, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
