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1	1	H.R. No. 1057
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family, friends, and fellow residents are mourning
6	6	the loss of civil rights activist and community leader James A.
7	7	Roberts of Orange, who died on February 3, 2009, at the age of 65;
8	8	and
9	9	WHEREAS, "Zay" Roberts was born in Geneva, Texas, and
10	10	graduated from Emma H. Wallace High School in Orange in 1962; he
11	11	went on to attend Lamar University; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts worked for many years at the former
13	13	Orange Memorial Hospital, and in more recent years, he was a sales
14	14	representative at a local Ford dealership; and
15	15	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan distinguished himself as the
16	16	first African American to serve as president of the local chapter of
17	17	the American Heart Association and of the Orange County Council on
18	18	Alcohol and Drug Abuse; he was also the first African American
19	19	member of Gideons International in the Golden Triangle area; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Long active in the struggle for civil rights, Mr.
21	21	Roberts organized the first annual Martin Luther King Day March in
22	22	Orange in 1986 and continued to do so every year since; he served as
23	23	vice president of the Texas NAACP and as president of the Orange
24	24	chapter; moreover, he was president of the local chapter of the
25	25	Texas Coalition of Black Democrats and he was a delegate to local,
26	26	state, and national conventions of the Democratic Party; and
27	27	WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith, Mr. Roberts was a
28	28	longtime member of Salem United Methodist Church, expressing his
29	29	devotion as a lay leader, Sunday school superintendent, treasurer,
30	30	and chair of the Board of Missions; a member of United Methodist
31	31	Men, he was the first African American from his area to serve as a
32	32	delegate to the church's Jurisdictional and General Conference; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts also worked to raise money for the
34	34	United Negro College Fund, the March of Dimes, and the American
35	35	Heart Association, coached Little League football, and was active
36	36	with the Boy Scouts; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Energetic, generous, and impassioned, James Roberts
38	38	dedicated his life to the causes in which he believed, and his many
39	39	contributions will long resonate in the community of Orange and
40	40	beyond; now, therefore, be it
41	41	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
42	42	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of James A. Roberts and
43	43	extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
44	44	brothers, Truman B. Ikner, Billy Roberts, Jerry Roberts, and Johnny
45	45	Roberts; to his sister, Shirley Hooper; to his stepmother, Doris
46	46	Swindle; to his aunt, Dainer B. Edwards; to his close friend of 34
47	47	years, Betty Wade; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be
48	48	it further
49	49	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
50	50	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
51	51	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of James A.
52	52	Roberts.
53	53	Deshotel
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Speaker of the House
56	56	I certify that H.R. No. 1057 was unanimously adopted by a
57	57	rising vote of the House on April 9, 2009.
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59	59	Chief Clerk of the House