| 1 | 1 | | H.C.R. No. 103 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Carl |
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| 6 | 6 | | Walter Smith of Paris, Texas, who died on January 19, 2009, at the |
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| 7 | 7 | | age of 84; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Carl Smith was born on February 16, 1924, to Clinton |
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| 9 | 9 | | and Gladys Smith in New Bedford, Massachusetts; he served his |
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| 10 | 10 | | country as a member of the United States Army during World War II, |
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| 11 | 11 | | helping to build Camp Maxey; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. Smith worked for the Lamar |
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| 13 | 13 | | Creamery Company in Paris; later, he was a manager for the Paris |
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| 14 | 14 | | Goodyear Store as well as the Firestone Tire Company in Bonham, |
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| 15 | 15 | | where he and his wife also owned and operated a furniture store; |
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| 16 | 16 | | returning to Paris, he worked in maintenance at Paris High School |
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| 17 | 17 | | for a decade until his retirement; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Smith was the father of three daughters, Carla |
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| 19 | 19 | | Floyd, Barbara Jacinto, and the late Donna Wright; he was a member |
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| 20 | 20 | | of the Baptist faith and devoted himself to local sports activities |
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| 21 | 21 | | as a baseball umpire and basketball referee; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Though he is deeply missed, Carl Smith will long be |
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| 23 | 23 | | remembered with great admiration and affection by those fortunate |
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| 24 | 24 | | enough to have shared in the richness of his life; now, therefore, |
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| 25 | 25 | | be it |
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| 26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | hereby pay tribute to the life of Carl Walter Smith and extend |
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| 28 | 28 | | sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his daughters, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Carla Floyd and Barbara Jacinto and her husband, Tony; to the mother |
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| 30 | 30 | | of his children, Eloise Smith; to his grandchildren, Jay Armstrong |
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| 31 | 31 | | and his wife, Tonya, Mitzi Springer and her husband, Jerry, Lori |
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| 32 | 32 | | Johnson and her husband, Chap, Robin McCarthy and her husband, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Kevin, Wesley Armstrong, and Shawn Robertson; to his brother, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Clinton Smith, Jr.; to his sister-in-law, Peggy Smith; to his 16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; and to his |
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| 36 | 36 | | other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 38 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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| 40 | 40 | | Carl Walter Smith. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Homer |
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| 42 | 42 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 44 | 44 | | I certify that H.C.R. No. 103 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 45 | 45 | | rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.C.R. No. 103 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 49 | 49 | | rising vote of the Senate on April 21, 2009. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | 52 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Date |
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| 54 | 54 | | __________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Governor |
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