| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2735 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Friends and family were greatly saddened by the loss |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Hobbs Williams of Hawkins, who passed away on April 22, 2009, at |
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| 7 | 7 | | the age of 85; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Born on September 2, 1923, in Sulphur Springs, Hobbs |
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| 9 | 9 | | Williams was the son of Byron and Lorena Williams; he attended The |
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| 10 | 10 | | University of Texas on a baseball scholarship and had the |
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| 11 | 11 | | opportunity to play in the inaugural College World Series, where he |
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| 12 | 12 | | helped his team by hitting a grand-slam home run; his college |
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| 13 | 13 | | studies were interrupted by service as a bombardier in the U.S. Army |
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| 14 | 14 | | Air Forces during World War II, but he returned to UT to earn a |
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| 15 | 15 | | bachelor's degree in 1948 and a master's degree in education the |
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| 16 | 16 | | following year; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Williams married the former Doris Carolyn Dietze |
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| 18 | 18 | | in 1947, and the couple later moved to Kerens; in 1956, they both |
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| 19 | 19 | | accepted teaching positions in the Grand Prairie Independent School |
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| 20 | 20 | | District; Mr. Williams went on to spend 30 years with the district, |
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| 21 | 21 | | retiring as its superintendent in 1986; his exceptional career was |
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| 22 | 22 | | recognized by Grand Prairie ISD in 2008, when Hobbs Williams |
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| 23 | 23 | | Elementary was named in his honor; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan moved to Hawkins with his wife |
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| 25 | 25 | | shortly after his retirement, and he became an active member of |
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| 26 | 26 | | First United Methodist Church, the Hawkins Chamber of Commerce, the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Veterans Memorial Association, and the Lake Hawkins Homeowners |
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| 28 | 28 | | Association; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Hobbs Williams was a man of great skill and |
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| 30 | 30 | | dedication, and his legacy of service to his country, to his family, |
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| 31 | 31 | | and to students in the Grand Prairie community will long resonate |
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| 32 | 32 | | with those who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be |
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| 33 | 33 | | it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Hobbs Williams and |
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| 36 | 36 | | extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Doris Carolyn Williams; to his children, Byron Leroy Williams and |
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| 38 | 38 | | Linda Crabtree and her husband, Bill; and to his other relatives and |
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| 39 | 39 | | friends; and, 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 his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Hobbs |
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| 43 | 43 | | Williams. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Hughes |
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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. 2735 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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