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34-Mathis 50th PROCLAMATION NO. 2006-34 WHEREAS, On September 25, 1956 at 6:00 a.m. in Huntsville, Texas, H. Marie Mathis was born to proud parents William H. Vann and the Late Earnestine Frazier Vann; and WHEREAS, Marie graduated from Cashmere Senior High School in Houston, Texas, in 1974; WHEREAS, She went on to continue her education at the University of Houston and completed college in 1978; and WHEREAS, She was a semi-finalist in preliminary for the Miss Texas Beauty Pageant in 1976; and WHEREAS, In 1979, she was selected as one of the Outstanding Women of America; and WHEREAS, She has been a member of Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated since 1975 and is now a Diamond Life Member; and WHEREAS, She has been an active member since 1983 under the leadership of Pastor A. Louis Patterson, Jr. of Mount Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas; and WHEREAS, Marie is enjoying a rewarding career with Merck and Company where she is an Executive Vaccine Specialist. Since beginning her career with Merck and Company she has received numerous awards and recognitions; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, that September 25, 2006 be designated as: H. MARIE MATHIS DAY in Huntsville, Texas in honor of her 50th Birthday. PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 21st day of September, 2006. _______________________________ J. TURNER, MAYOR