In memory of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos.

89(R) SR 559 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 559

In Memory

of

Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and

commemorates the life of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos, who died

May 9, 2025, at the age of 83; and

WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was born in Laredo on March 14, 1942;

after completing high school at Ursuline Academy, she became the

first in her family to earn a college degree in 1962, when she

earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Incarnate Word

College; and

WHEREAS, Maria Teresa embarked on a successful and

rewarding career teaching mathematics and science at Ursuline

Academy, and she made a lasting impact on the lives of many

students she taught at Ursuline Academy, Martin High School, and

Laredo Junior College; and

WHEREAS, Maria Teresa shared a loving union of nearly sixty

years with Jesus Guadalupe Cavazos Fernandez; she was blessed

with four children, Jesus Cavazos Jr., and Maria Teresa, Leticia

del Carmen, and Patricia Isabel Cavazos Flores, and she was the

devoted "Tita" to her grandchildren, Natalia and Zoe Cavazos

Silva and Viviana and Cesar Garza Cavazos; and

WHEREAS, Maria Teresa found a warm and welcoming community

in Monterrey, Mexico, and she gave generously of her time to her

local garden and Rotary clubs; she helped to support many area

priests and nuns and was honored to help establish her church,

Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles, where she served in numerous

ministry groups and as a lector and Eucharistic minister; and

WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was a skilled gardener, a consummate

hostess, and a talented and creative artist, seamstress, and

chef; she was a beloved matriarch and a cherished member of the

community, and she will long be remembered with admiration and

appreciation by all who were privileged to share in her life;

now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th

Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved

family of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for

her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas

Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in

memory of Maria Teresa Cavazos.

Zaffirini

Alvarado

Hagenbuch

Menéndez

Bettencourt

Hall

Middleton

Birdwell

Hancock

Miles

Blanco

Hinojosa of Hidalgo

Nichols

Campbell

Hinojosa of Nueces

Parker

Cook

Huffman

Paxton

Creighton

Hughes

Perry

Eckhardt

Johnson

Schwertner

Flores

King

Sparks

Gutierrez

Kolkhorst

West

Patrick, President of the Senate

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the

above Resolution was adopted by

the Senate on May 28, 2025, by a

rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate