Texas HR 1031: Commending Kristen Kinnard for her service as principal of Schimelpfenig Middle School in the Plano Independent School District.

Status: Reported enrolled (as of 2023-04-21)

State: Texas · Session: 88 · Bill: HR 1031

Subjects: KINNARD, KRISTEN (NO0NZ), Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)

Sponsors: Plesa

Bill Text

89(R) HR 1031 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 1031

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their 

  

 memories of Mary Helen VanDeaver of Clarksville, who passed away on 

  

 March 27, 2025, at the age of 93; and

  

        WHEREAS, The daughter of Bonnie Bell Meeks Rodgers, the 

  

 former Mary Helen Meeks was born in Paris, Texas, on December 27, 

  

 1931, and she grew up with a sister, Dorothy; she was joined in 

  

 matrimony to Charles L. VanDeaver on October 13, 1954, in a 

  

 ceremony conducted in Dallas; the couple resided in Navasota before 

  

 moving to Clarksville in 1963; they were blessed with three 

  

 children, Tommy, Gary, and Renea; and

  

        WHEREAS, While devoting herself to her home and family, 

  

 Mrs. VanDeaver also used her gifts as a seamstress, making clothes 

  

 for her family, herself, and many other women in the community; she 

  

 eventually became the proprietor of VanDeaver Draperies, a popular 

  

 service for window treatments, and she later owned and operated 

  

 Mary Helen's dress shop; a marvelous cook, she loved to entertain 

  

 and to prepare food for events at First Baptist Church, where she 

  

 and her husband were longtime active members; she served the 

  

 congregation in numerous other capacities, and she was a member of 

  

 the Order of the Eastern Star; and

  

        WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. VanDeaver's treasured 

  

 family grew to include 6 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; 

  

 she and her husband shared a fulfilling relationship of 52 years 

  

 until his passing in 2007; and

  

        WHEREAS, Mary Helen VanDeaver lived a full and generous life 

  

 surrounded by those she loved, and they will forever carry her close 

  

 in their hearts; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Helen 

  

 VanDeaver and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: 

  

 to her children, Tommy VanDeaver and his wife, Linda, Gary 

  

 VanDeaver and his wife, Pam, and Renea Thomas and her husband, Ken; 

  

 to her grandchildren, Jody and Heath VanDeaver, Kacey Launius, 

  

 Sarah Curtis, Melanie Mullins, and Katelyn Fibich; to her 

  

 great-grandchildren, Chloe, Camden, Wesley, Lawson, Ian, Abigail, 

  

 Loralie, and Zayleigh VanDeaver, Jake and Lydia Curtis, Evian 

  

 Pirtle, Clara, Suzanna, and Nevill Launius, and Eleanor Mullins; 

  

 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 Mary Helen 

   

 VanDeaver.

  

   

 Landgraf

   

 González of El Paso

   

 Metcalf

   

 Phelan

   

 Meyer

   

   

 Burrows
 Guerra
 Morales Shaw

   

 Alders
 Guillen
 Morgan

   

 Allen
 Harless
 Muñoz

   

 Anchía
 Harris
 Noble

   

 Ashby
 Harris Davila
 Olcott

   

 Barry
 Harrison
 Oliverson

   

 Bell of Kaufman
 Hayes
 Ordaz

   

 Bell of Montgomery
 Hefner
 Orr

   

 Bernal
 Hernandez
 Patterson

   

 Bhojani
 Hickland
 Paul

   

 Bonnen
 Hinojosa
 Perez of El Paso

   

 Bowers
 Holt
 Perez of Harris

   

 Bryant
 Hopper
 Phelan

   

 Buckley
 Howard
 Pierson

   

 Bucy
 Hull
 Plesa

   

 Bumgarner
 Hunter
 Raymond

   

 Button
 Isaac
 Reynolds

   

 Cain
 Johnson
 Richardson

   

 Campos
 Jones of Dallas
 Rodríguez Ramos

   

 Canales
 Jones of Harris
 Romero

   

 Capriglione
 Kerwin
 Rose

   

 Cole
 King
 Rosenthal

   

 Collier
 Kitzman
 Schatzline

   

 Cook
 LaHood
 Schofield

   

 Cortez
 Lalani
 Schoolcraft

   

 Craddick
 Lambert
 Shaheen

   

 Cunningham
 Landgraf
 Shofner

   

 Curry
 Leach
 Simmons

   

 Darby
 Leo Wilson
 Slawson

   

 A. Davis of Dallas
 Little
 Smithee

   

 Y. Davis of Dallas
 Longoria
 Spiller

   

 Dean
 Lopez of Bexar
 Swanson

   

 DeAyala
 Lopez of Cameron
 Talarico

   

 Dorazio
 Louderback
 Tepper

   

 Dutton
 Lowe
 Thompson

   

 Dyson
 Lozano
 Tinder

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