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