| 1 | 1 | | H.C.R. No. 247 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Charles |
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| 6 | 6 | | R. Grimes of Paris, Texas, who passed away on May 5, 2009, at the age |
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| 7 | 7 | | of 78; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A longtime businessman and a typewriter mechanic by |
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| 9 | 9 | | trade, Mr. Grimes was a member of First Baptist Church and a |
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| 10 | 10 | | participant in its Sunday school class; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Grimes married the former Ruth Joan Rhoades in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1950, and together the couple raised three children, Richard, Pam, |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Sharon; after his wife's passing in 1968, Mr. Grimes had the |
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| 14 | 14 | | good fortune to find love a second time and in 1970 was joined in |
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| 15 | 15 | | matrimony to the former Joan Bishop; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles Grimes lived a full and purposeful life that |
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| 17 | 17 | | was enriched by his family and his faith, and he will be deeply |
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| 18 | 18 | | missed by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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| 19 | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 20 | 20 | | hereby pay tribute to the memory of Charles R. Grimes and extend |
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| 21 | 21 | | sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Joan |
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| 22 | 22 | | Bishop Grimes; to his children, Richard Grimes and his wife, Connie |
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| 23 | 23 | | Chamberlin, Pam Tribble and her husband, Ron, and Sharon Bell and |
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| 24 | 24 | | her husband, Bruce; to his grandsons, Michael Tribble and his wife, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sarah, Larry Kyle Tribble and his wife, Renae, and Joshua Tribble; |
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| 26 | 26 | | to his great-grandson, Gavin Tribble; to his sister, Jean |
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| 27 | 27 | | Pendleton; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | further |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 30 | 30 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 31 | 31 | | Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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| 32 | 32 | | Charles Grimes. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Homer |
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| 34 | 34 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 36 | 36 | | I certify that H.C.R. No. 247 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 37 | 37 | | rising vote of the House on May 25, 2009. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.C.R. No. 247 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 41 | 41 | | rising vote of the Senate on June 1, 2009. |
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| 42 | 42 | | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Date |
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| 46 | 46 | | __________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Governor |
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