| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1282 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Hurley Funeral Home has been awarded a 2015 Texas |
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| 6 | 6 | | Treasure Business Award by the Texas Historical Commission; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Treasure Business Award was created in |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2005 and recognizes the contributions of Texas-based enterprises |
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| 9 | 9 | | that have been in continuous operation for at least 50 years; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Seeing the need for a mortuary in rural Atascosa |
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| 11 | 11 | | County, Millard Hurley opened Hurley Funeral Home in 1919; it |
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| 12 | 12 | | started out as a simple operation, with Mr. Hurley digging the |
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| 13 | 13 | | graves himself in addition to handling officiating duties; his |
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| 14 | 14 | | wife, Thelma, sold burial garments for the deceased and baked |
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| 15 | 15 | | chocolate cakes for the grieving families; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Appreciative of Mr. and Mrs. Hurley's hard work and |
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| 17 | 17 | | dedication, area residents turned to the couple's funeral home in |
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| 18 | 18 | | times of loss and the business grew; the Hurleys' son, Charles, |
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| 19 | 19 | | joined the staff, as did their grandchildren, Patrick and Ross, and |
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| 20 | 20 | | great-grandsons, Patrick and Evan; as the years went by, the family |
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| 21 | 21 | | created the Hurley Burial Insurance Association and established new |
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| 22 | 22 | | funeral home locations in nearby towns; today, the Hurley Funeral |
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| 23 | 23 | | Home has facilities in Pleasanton, Pearsall, Devine, and Lytle; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, While providing funeral services to area residents, |
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| 25 | 25 | | the Hurley family has led in meeting other community needs as well; |
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| 26 | 26 | | in the 1930s, the Hurley Funeral Home began offering an ambulance |
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| 27 | 27 | | service, a resource that saw heavy use, as Atascosa County at that |
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| 28 | 28 | | time had few doctors and no hospital of its own; the funeral home |
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| 29 | 29 | | continued to operate the ambulance until 1980, when it donated its |
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| 30 | 30 | | ambulance equipment to the county to start the first EMS service in |
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| 31 | 31 | | that part of the state; acting individually, members of the Hurley |
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| 32 | 32 | | family have also played an active role in civic life, giving |
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| 33 | 33 | | generously of their time and energies to community organizations; |
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| 34 | 34 | | in the mid-1950s, moreover, Charles Hurley was instrumental in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | desegregation of schools in Atascosa County; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Family owned and operated for nearly a century, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Hurley Funeral Home has built an outstanding record of service in |
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| 38 | 38 | | South Texas, and the company is indeed deserving of its place among |
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| 39 | 39 | | the state's historic businesses; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Hurley Funeral Home on its receipt |
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| 42 | 42 | | of a 2015 Texas Treasure Business Award and extend to the members of |
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| 43 | 43 | | the family and all of the company's employees sincere best wishes |
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| 44 | 44 | | for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for Hurley Funeral Home as an expression of high regard by |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Guillen |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1282 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 52 | 52 | | 17, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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