Bill Text: TX SR15 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Virginia Elizabeth Toole Reed on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-18 - Reported enrolled [SR15 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR15-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
| cause for celebration, and Virginia Elizabeth Toole Reed of Paris | ||
| marked this momentous milestone in the company of family and | ||
| friends on May 21, 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Lovington, New Mexico, in 1917, the former | ||
| Virginia Toole moved to the Lone Star State as a child; she | ||
| graduated from Texas Technological College and began her career | ||
| teaching English literature; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She married Barrett "Buster" Reed, and they | ||
| became the parents of two daughters; while raising her children | ||
| in Lamesa, Mrs. Reed was active in many community activities, and | ||
| she both volunteered and worked for two Girl Scout councils; she | ||
| eventually resumed her career in education in Pecos, where she | ||
| taught English to classes composed primarily of Spanish-speaking | ||
| students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following her retirement in 1982, Mrs. Reed | ||
| settled in Paris and worked as a registered educational | ||
| diagnostician and professional counselor; she also gave | ||
| generously of her time and talents to numerous organizations, | ||
| among them the McCuistion Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, the | ||
| Paris Community Theatre, and Friends of the Paris Public Library; | ||
| uniting with other volunteers, she helped found the city's | ||
| chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and she was a member of the Paris | ||
| Noon Study Club, the Lamar-Delta Retired Teachers and School | ||
| Employees Association, the Girl Scout Council of Red River | ||
| Valley, and Delta Kappa Gamma; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Virginia Reed is a source of tremendous | ||
| inspiration, and in sharing the experience gained through a | ||
| century of life well lived, she bestows a precious gift of wisdom | ||
| that benefits all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Virginia | ||
| Elizabeth Toole Reed on her 100th birthday and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| Mrs. Reed as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on July 18, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
