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               R E S O L U T I O N
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                   WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories  | 
         
         
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            of Eula Mae Griffith West, who passed away on July 27, 2023, at the  | 
         
         
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            age of 69; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, The daughter of Horace Griffith and Sadie Skinner  | 
         
         
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            Griffith, the former Eula Griffith was born in Bayou Chicot,  | 
         
         
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            Louisiana, on March 24, 1954, and she grew up with the companionship  | 
         
         
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            of eight brothers and five sisters; she devoted herself to her faith  | 
         
         
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            at a young age, and she was baptized at Morning Pilgrim Baptist  | 
         
         
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            Church; she graduated from Bayou Chicot High School in Ville  | 
         
         
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            Platte, Louisiana, in 1971; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, Mrs. West was the proud mother of two children,  | 
         
         
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            Elijah and LaTosha; over the years, she had the pleasure of  | 
         
         
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            welcoming into her family four grandchildren, Mariah, Elijah,  | 
         
         
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            Isiah, and Kingston, and two great-grandchildren, Taliah and  | 
         
         
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            Az'Ryel; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, Eula West led a life of caring devotion to her loved  | 
         
         
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            ones, and although she is deeply missed, her spirit will forever  | 
         
         
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            live in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | 
         
         
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                   RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas  | 
         
         
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            Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory  | 
         
         
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            of Eula Mae Griffith West and extend sincere condolences to the  | 
         
         
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            members of her family: to her son, Elijah M. "Mark" West Sr.; to her  | 
         
         
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            daughter, LaTosha M. West; to her granddaughter, Mariah J. West; to  | 
         
         
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            her grandsons, Elijah West Jr. and his wife, Jada, Isiah West, and  | 
         
         
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            Kingston Ernest Fields-West; to her great-granddaughter, Taliah  | 
         
         
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            Ava West; to her great-grandson, Az'Ryel Ananias Isiah West; to her  | 
         
         
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            sister, Eretta H. Blessett; to her brothers, Uylese Griffith and  | 
         
         
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            Horace Griffith Jr.; to her sister-in-law, Gertie Mae Griffith; and  | 
         
         
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            to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it further | 
         
         
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                   RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be  | 
         
         
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            prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of  | 
         
         
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            Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Eula West. | 
         
         
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            Herrero | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
         
         
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            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.R. No. 66 was unanimously adopted by a rising  | 
         
         
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            vote of the House on November 1, 2023. | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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