SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 701
In Memory
of
Charles L. Price III
WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sense of loss
felt by the family and friends of United States Army Master
Sergeant Charles L. Price III of Cameron, who died on August 12,
2011, at the age of 40; and
WHEREAS, Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of
Fort Carson, Sergeant Price was killed while bravely serving his
country in Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS, The son of Grace Helen Price and Charles Price,
Jr., Sergeant Price was born in Cameron on April 4, 1971, and
attended C. H. Yoe High School, where he was a member of the
football, basketball, baseball, and track teams; he joined the
army in August 1989, soon after graduation, and in the years that
followed he frequently saw service overseas; a veteran of the
first Persian Gulf War, Sergeant Price also deployed for tours in
the Balkans, Kuwait, Kosovo, and Iraq; this courageous soldier
earned numerous awards and decorations, among them the Bronze
Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, five Army Commendation
Medals, nine Army Achievement Medals, seven Army Good Conduct
Medals, and two National Defense Service Medals; and
WHEREAS, Charles Price was the devoted husband of Helen
Clark-Price, whom he married on March 7, 1995, and the proud
father of seven children; and
WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor,
and country, Charles Price upheld the highest ideals of the
United States armed forces, and his fellow citizens owe him a
lasting and immeasurable debt of gratitude; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Master Sergeant
Charles L. Price III and extend deepest sympathy to the members
of his family: to his wife, Helen Clark-Price; to his sons,
Donavon Clark, Michael Clark, and Ra'Shawn Price; to his
daughters, Lakrishia Price, Joshlyn Reynolds, Sha'meka Price,
and Sha'niya Clark; to his mother, Grace Helen Price; to his
grandsons, Dominick and Darrick Reynolds; to his brothers and
sister-in-law, Lou Eric and Diahana Jerome and Marvin Charles
Williams; to his sisters and brothers-in-law, Iperia and Shaun
Flatt and Roshunda Price and Antonio Jenkins; to his
mother-in-law, Emma Clark; to his father-in-law, Pervis Espree;
to his stepfather-in-law, Donald Handy; to his sisters-in-law,
Carla Clark and Danielle Handy; to his brothers-in-law, Robert,
James, and Brian Clark; and to his many 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 Senate adjourns
this day, it do so in memory of Master Sergeant Charles L. Price
III.
Schwertner Schwertner
Schwertner
Birdwell Garcia Rodriguez Birdwell Garcia Rodriguez
Birdwell Garcia Rodriguez
Campbell Hancock Seliger Campbell Hancock Seliger
Campbell Hancock Seliger
Carona Hegar Taylor Carona Hegar Taylor
Carona Hegar Taylor
Davis Hinojosa Uresti Davis Hinojosa Uresti
Davis Hinojosa Uresti
Deuell Huffman Van de Putte Deuell Huffman Van de Putte
Deuell Huffman Van de Putte
Duncan Lucio Watson Duncan Lucio Watson
Duncan Lucio Watson
Ellis Nelson West Ellis Nelson West
Ellis Nelson West
Eltife Nichols Whitmire Eltife Nichols Whitmire
Eltife Nichols Whitmire
Estes Patrick Williams Estes Patrick Williams
Estes Patrick Williams
Fraser Paxton Zaffirini Fraser Paxton Zaffirini
Fraser Paxton Zaffirini
Dewhurst, President of the Senate
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 18, 2013, by a
rising vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate
Schwertner
Birdwell Garcia Rodriguez
Campbell Hancock Seliger
Carona Hegar Taylor
Davis Hinojosa Uresti
Deuell Huffman Van de Putte
Duncan Lucio Watson
Ellis Nelson West
Eltife Nichols Whitmire
Estes Patrick Williams
Fraser Paxton Zaffirini