82R4508 JGH-D
By: Hughes H.R. No. 169
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories
of Donald Keith Dubbs of Mineola, who died on December 24, 2010, at
the age of 81; and
WHEREAS, Keith Dubbs was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on
November 3, 1929, to Strow and Clesta Gladys Mitchell Dubbs; he was
the fourth of eight children; and
WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty during World War
II, Mr. Dubbs joined the U.S. Army and served with the Classified
Correspondence Section, Supreme Headquarters, Far East Command; he
continued to serve in the same capacity during the Korean War, and
in 1950 he was posted to Kobe, Japan; and
WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, Mr. Dubbs joined with
several partners in 1954 to start a business that distributed
records and operated retail stores in Texas and Oklahoma; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dubbs was joined in matrimony to Betty Pool
Dubbs in San Antonio in 1970; they shared a fulfilling relationship
until his death, and he became a loving adoptive father to her three
children, Jeff, Robert, and Rhonda; and
WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Dubbs and his family moved to Mineola,
where he earned a broker's license and started a realty company; he
remained active in the business until the last few weeks of his
life; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dubbs was a member of the Greater Tyler
Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, and the
National Association of Realtors; a man of strong religious faith,
he attended First United Methodist Church in Mineola, and he
continued to honor his military service as a member of the American
Legion; he was a member as well of the National Rifle Association;
and
WHEREAS, Keith Dubbs lived a rich and purposeful life devoted
to his family, his faith, and his nation, and he will be forever
remembered with respect and affection by all those who held him
close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Donald Keith Dubbs and
extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife
of 40 years, Betty Pool Dubbs; to his sons, Jeff Dubbs and his wife,
Wanda, and Robert Dubbs and his wife, Dorsey; to his daughter,
Rhonda Brown and her husband, Curtis; to his sisters, Dorothy
Townsend, Nancy Greeley, and Beverly Lee; to his brother, Strow
Dubbs; to his 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; and to
his other relatives and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Donald
Keith Dubbs.