TITLE: In memory of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos.

SUMMARY: In memory of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos.

FULL TEXT:
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 Se ora Reina de Los  ngeles, 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 Men ndez 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 President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 28, 2025, by a rising vote.