| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2650 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Citizens of Avalon lost two beloved residents with |
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| 6 | 6 | | the passing of James Kenneth Wilson on February 23, 2009, and his |
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| 7 | 7 | | wife, Nannie Armstrong Wilson, on February 22, 2009; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Married on July 10, 1941, this esteemed couple |
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| 9 | 9 | | shared more than six decades together and were blessed with three |
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| 10 | 10 | | sons, Jimmy, Joe, and Jerry, as well as seven grandchildren and six |
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| 11 | 11 | | great-grandchildren; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Wilson, a native of Avalon, was born on January |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2, 1922, to Robert and Nora Wilson; he served his country as a |
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| 14 | 14 | | member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was a |
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| 15 | 15 | | farmer and rancher; an active member of the Masonic Lodge of |
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| 16 | 16 | | Chambers Creek and the Lions Club of Avalon, he also served his |
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| 17 | 17 | | community as a member of the Avalon ISD Board of Trustees and the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Ellis County Appraisal District; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Born on July 6, 1923, in Byrd, Mrs. Wilson was the |
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| 20 | 20 | | daughter of Samuel and Nancy Armstrong; she graduated from Ennis |
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| 21 | 21 | | High School, where she was a member of the girls' state championship |
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| 22 | 22 | | basketball team of 1941; she enjoyed spending time with her family |
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| 23 | 23 | | and fellowship with her fellow members of the Order of the Eastern |
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| 24 | 24 | | Star and the Baptist Women's Auxiliary; brought together in faith, |
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| 25 | 25 | | she and her husband were dedicated members of the First Baptist |
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| 26 | 26 | | Church; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson set an outstanding example of |
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| 28 | 28 | | citizenship and family devotion throughout their time on this |
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| 29 | 29 | | earth, and though they will be deeply missed, they will always be |
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| 30 | 30 | | remembered with love and admiration; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 32 | 32 | | Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the lives of James |
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| 33 | 33 | | Kenneth Wilson and Nannie Armstrong Wilson and extend sincere |
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| 34 | 34 | | sympathy to the members of their family: to their sons, Jimmy |
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| 35 | 35 | | Wilson, Joe Wilson and his wife, Norma, and Jerry Wilson and his |
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| 36 | 36 | | wife, Charlotte; to their grandchildren, Jamie, Julie, Jeremy, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Jason, Jerod, and Justin Wilson, and Jenny Wilson Page; to their six |
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| 38 | 38 | | great-grandchildren; and to their other relatives and friends; and, |
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| 39 | 39 | | be it further |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 41 | | prepared for their family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of James |
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| 43 | 43 | | Kenneth Wilson and Nannie Armstrong Wilson. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Pitts |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2650 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 48 | 48 | | rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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