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'''Anita Thigpen Perry''' (born March 5, 1952) is the wife of [[Rick Perry]], governor of [[Texas]], and has served as [[First Lady]] of Texas since December 21, 2000.

'''Anita Thigpen Perry''' (born March 5, 1952) is the wife of [[Rick Perry]], [[Republican]] governor of [[Texas]], and has served as [[First Lady]] of Texas since December 21, 2000.

A native of Haskell, Texas, First Lady Perry was trained and practiced as a nurse. Texas Tech University renamed its nursing school after her in 2008.

A native of Haskell, north of Abilene, Texas, and the daughter of a country physician, First Lady Perry was trained and practiced as a nurse. In 2008, Texas Tech University in Lubbock renamed its nursing school in Perry's honor.

Her bachelor's degree in nursing was from the West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University). She holds a master's degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center, which is in San Antonio.

Her bachelor's degree in nursing was from the West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) in Canyon, Texas. She holds a master's degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

 

Mrs. Perry's brother, Joseph E. Thigpen (born ca. 1946), is a former district attorney and county attorney in Texas. In 1994, Rick Perry, as the Texas Agriculture Commissioner, asked incoming Republican Governor [[George W. Bush]] to name Joseph Thigpen to a vacancy on the state appeals court in Eastland County, Texas. Acting on a check into Thigpen's record by [[Karl Rove]], Bush declined to appoint Perry's brother-in-law to the bench. As a county attorney, Thigpen had been criticized for not being available when the commissioner's court needed his counsel. In 1998, Rick Perry became lieutenant governor in the second George W. Bush gubernatorial term. The Thigpen appointment controversy has been mentioned as possible cause of a possible breach between Governors Bush and Perry.<ref>Will Weissert, "Perry-Bush camps still feel old dispute", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 19, 2011, p. 8A</ref>

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