SR559 - In memory of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos.

        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             ________________________________          President of the Senate               I hereby certify that the     above Resolution was adopted by     the Senate on May 28, 2025, by a     rising vote.             ________________________________          Secretary of the Senate             ________________________________           Member, Texas Senate