| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2515 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The friends and family of U.S. Army Specialist |
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| 6 | 6 | | Rodney Jerome Johnson of Houston suffered an incalculable loss with |
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| 7 | 7 | | the death of this valiant soldier on September 4, 2007, at the age |
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| 8 | 8 | | of 20; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Assigned as a cavalry scout to the 1st Squadron, 4th |
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| 10 | 10 | | Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry |
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| 11 | 11 | | Division based in Fort Riley, Kansas, Specialist Johnson was |
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| 12 | 12 | | mortally wounded when insurgents attacked his unit in Baghdad, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Iraq; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Specialist Johnson was the son of Rodney Johnson, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sr., and Charlotte Johnson; he graduated from Hastings High School |
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| 16 | 16 | | and joined the army in September 2005, a few months before his |
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| 17 | 17 | | wedding to the former Ashley Cavazos; he began serving with the 1st |
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| 18 | 18 | | Infantry Division in March 2006 and was deployed to Iraq the |
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| 19 | 19 | | following February; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father, Specialist Johnson |
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| 21 | 21 | | cared deeply about his daughter, Ja'Aliyah Johnson, and wrote |
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| 22 | 22 | | moving letters to his beloved wife; he was looking forward to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | birth of their second child, Nysiah, with great anticipation; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men |
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| 25 | 25 | | and women whose love of country leads them to military duty, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | time can never diminish the profound debt that Americans owe to |
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| 27 | 27 | | Specialist Johnson for the service he undertook and the sacrifice |
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| 28 | 28 | | he rendered; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Through his selfless devotion to duty, honor, and |
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| 30 | 30 | | his country, Rodney Johnson embodied the highest ideals of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | armed services, and his memory will be forever treasured by those |
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| 32 | 32 | | who shared in the blessing of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Specialist Rodney |
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| 35 | 35 | | Jerome Johnson and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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| 36 | 36 | | family: to his wife, Ashley Johnson; to his children, Ja'Aliyah and |
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| 37 | 37 | | Nysiah; to his father, Rodney J. Johnson, Sr.; to his mother, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Charlotte S. Johnson; to his sister, Marci Johnson; to his |
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| 39 | 39 | | brothers, Andrew Whitson and Markis Mitchell; and to his other |
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| 40 | 40 | | relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 43 | 43 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. Army |
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| 44 | 44 | | Specialist Rodney Jerome Johnson. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Edwards |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2515 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 49 | 49 | | rising vote of the House on May 24, 2009. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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