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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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| 6 | 7 | | death of Browning Lamar Ball Jr. of Denton on March 26, 2017, at the |
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| 7 | 8 | | age of 76; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Lamar Ball was born in Troy, Tennessee, on August 1, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 1940, to Browning and Mozelle Ball, and he grew up with the |
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| 10 | 11 | | companionship of a sister, Kerry; after graduating from high school |
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| 11 | 12 | | in 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the |
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| 12 | 13 | | University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1962; he later attended the |
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| 13 | 14 | | Harvard Business School Program for Management; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Ball embarked on a successful 35-year |
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| 15 | 16 | | career in banking, accepting a position with C&S Bank in Atlanta, |
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| 16 | 17 | | Georgia, where he was in charge of bookkeeping; he moved to Houston |
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| 17 | 18 | | in 1979 to join the Bank of the Southwest, and in 1984, he became CEO |
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| 18 | 19 | | of MBank Fort Worth; from 1989 until his retirement in 1998, he |
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| 19 | 20 | | served as chair and CEO of First State Bank of Texas in Denton, |
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| 20 | 21 | | which he has been credited with restoring to good financial health; |
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| 21 | 22 | | and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, In his second career, Mr. Ball was chair of the board |
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| 23 | 24 | | and CEO of Smart Start, an ignition interlock company in Irving, and |
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| 24 | 25 | | at the end of his life, he was a director for Intelligent |
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| 25 | 26 | | Fingerprinting, a company based in Cambridge, England; he also |
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| 26 | 27 | | served as a director of the Bank Administration Institute, the |
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| 27 | 28 | | University of North Texas Foundation, and the Flow Healthcare |
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| 28 | 29 | | Foundation; in addition, he was vice chair and director of North |
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| 29 | 30 | | Texas Public Broadcasting and director and treasurer of the Fort |
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| 30 | 31 | | Worth Fat Stock Show; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Ball was a devoted husband to his wife of 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | years, Barbara, and he took great pride in his children, David, |
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| 33 | 34 | | Shannon, Jason, Allison, and Meredith, his stepchildren, Angie and |
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| 34 | 35 | | Jill, and his grandchildren, Nathan, Kaylan, Olan, Lulu, Alexandra, |
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| 35 | 36 | | Olivia, Wyatt, Ian, Tommy, Lilah, and Charlie; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Although Lamar Ball will be deeply missed, he will |
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| 37 | 38 | | forever be a source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, |
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| 38 | 39 | | therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 40 | 41 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Browning Lamar |
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| 41 | 42 | | Ball Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to his relatives and many |
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| 42 | 43 | | friends; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 45 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 45 | 46 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lamar Ball. |
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