In memory of Mary Helen VanDeaver of Clarksville.

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

Tinderholt

Fairly

Lujan

Toth

Flores

Luther

Troxclair

Frank

Manuel

Turner

Gámez

Martinez

VanDeaver

Garcia of Bexar

Martinez Fischer

Vasut

Garcia of Dallas

McLaughlin

Villalobos

Garcia Hernandez

McQueeney

Virdell

Gates

Metcalf

Vo

Gerdes

Meyer

Walle

Geren

Meza

Ward Johnson

Gervin-Hawkins

Money

Wharton

González of Dallas

Moody

Wilson

González of El Paso

Morales of Harris

Wu

Goodwin

Morales of Maverick

Zwiener

______________________________

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1031 was unanimously adopted by a rising

vote of the House on May 9, 2025.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House