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1	1	H.R. No. 2999
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of El Paso
6	6	businessman and civic leader Richard Nathan Azar, who died on May
7	7	21, 2009, at the age of 88; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Dick Azar was born in Clayton, New Mexico, on
9	9	January 13, 1921, to Nathan and Elizabeth Azar; he was a graduate of
10	10	Raton High School and went on to attend Trinidad State Junior
11	11	College and New Mexico Military Institute; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty during World War
13	13	II, Mr. Azar joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941; a bomber pilot
14	14	in the Pacific Theater, he once flew Eleanor Roosevelt on a Red
15	15	Cross tour; and
16	16	WHEREAS, A successful businessman in El Paso for many years,
17	17	Mr. Azar pursued a diversity of interests; the president of
18	18	Dickshire Coors Distributing for 34 years, he also spent 20 years in
19	19	the maquiladora industry in Juarez; in addition, he helped develop
20	20	a number of hotel projects in El Paso, and he owned a restaurant, a
21	21	forklift sales business, and a smoke shop; for two years in the
22	22	1950s, he owned a minor league baseball team, the El Paso Texans,
23	23	now known as the El Paso Diablos; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Mr. Azar never lost his passion for flying; he and
25	25	his wife, former El Paso mayor Suzie Azar, ran Blue Feather Aero
26	26	flight school, and Mr. Azar also helped found the Amigo Airsho in
27	27	1981; he continued to work as a flight instructor well into his
28	28	eighties; and
29	29	WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith and civic
30	30	commitment, he was recognized by the Catholic Church in 1961 as an
31	31	outstanding Catholic layman; throughout his life, he was active in
32	32	dozens of community organizations; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Dick Azar lived a full and generous life, and
34	34	although he is no longer with us, he leaves behind many treasured
35	35	memories that will live forever in the hearts of those who knew and
36	36	loved him; now, therefore, be it
37	37	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
38	38	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Richard Nathan Azar
39	39	and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
40	40	wife, Suzanne Azar; to his sons, Richard, Robert, and Greg Azar; to
41	41	his daughter, Cheryl McCown; to his stepdaughters, Christine and
42	42	Michelle Gardy; to his grandchildren, Richard N. Azar III, Ben,
43	43	Bryan, Robert, Steve, and Alan Azar, Kim Shepperd, Michelle and
44	44	James McCown, Dena McCown Belvin, Chantal, Gino, and Mateo
45	45	Guerrero, and Vinson Ratcliff; to his great-grandchildren,
46	46	Richard, Tucker, Carli, Traylor, Zizi, and Abbey Azar, John Ben and
47	47	Ava Shepperd, Jay and Josh McCown, and Lauren, Leslie, and Leah
48	48	Reynolds; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be 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 Dick Azar.
52	52	Chavez
53	53	______________________________
54	54	Speaker of the House
55	55	I certify that H.R. No. 2999 was unanimously adopted by a
56	56	rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009.
57	57	______________________________
58	58	Chief Clerk of the House