TITLE: Congratulating Cleo Johnson Ashley of Houston on her 100th birthday.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Cleo Johnson Ashley of Houston on her 100th birthday.

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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly cause for celebration, and Cleo Johnson Ashley of Houston is marking that significant milestone in her life on May 20, 2011; and WHEREAS, The former Cleo Johnson was born in 1911 to Edward and Cora Johnson in the community of Willis; the fifth of eight children, she grew up with the companionship of her brothers and sisters, Robert, Edward, Lesley, Addie Mae, Earnestine, Rosie, and Gladys, and attended Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston; and WHEREAS, On April 29, 1935, she married Lorane Arthur Ashley, Sr., and the couple were blessed with four sons, Lorane, Charles, Donald, and Michael, and a daughter, Joan; over the years, Mrs. Ashley has seen her children go on to enjoy successful careers and rewarding family lives; along the way, she has gained 3 daughters-in-law, Peola, Brenda, and Mattie Ashley, and 9 grandchildren, Glenn, Kevin, Dewayne, Keith, Kenneth, Lisa, Donna, Trishauna, and the late Rick Ashley; with the passing years, her family has further grown to include 17 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; and WHEREAS, A woman of strong faith, Mrs. Ashley has been a congregant of the Fifth Ward Church of Christ for more than seven decades; and WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to her loved ones, Cleo Johnson Ashley is cherished by all who know her for her kind and caring ways, and it is a pleasure to honor her on a century of life well lived; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Cleo Johnson Ashley on the joyous occasion of her 100th birthday 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. Ashley as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Dutton Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1957 was adopted by the House on May 17, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House