TITLE: Congratulating Lois Crook on her recognition in the Waco Tribune-Herald Voices of Valor series.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Lois Crook on her recognition in the Waco Tribune-Herald Voices of Valor series.

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WHEREAS, Lois S. Crook has been honored for her service during World War II by the Waco Tribune-Herald in its "Voices of Valor" series; and WHEREAS, Raised in North Dakota, Lois Crook graduated from Trinity Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1943 and joined the United States Army Air Forces the following year at Lowry Field in Colorado; she served in Marfa, where there were only eight nurses to care for thousands of service personnel; subsequently, she was stationed in Arizona, California, and Mississippi, as well as in Amarillo, and she rose to the rank of captain; and WHEREAS, Her first husband, Clyde Ray Jones Jr., was an air force pilot; following his death in the line of duty in England in 1953, she returned to the United States with her daughter, Leslie, and completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Mississippi; she remarried in 1958 and began a career with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Waco that spanned 25 years; and WHEREAS, Lois Crook served her country with skill and dedication as a member of the Greatest Generation, and she has earned the lasting respect and appreciation of her fellow Americans; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Lois Crook on her inclusion in the Waco Tribune-Herald "Voices of Valor" series and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Crook as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Anderson of McLennan Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2654 was adopted by the House on May 21, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House