Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 131
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Robert Morin Shoemaker
5	5	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
6	6	commemorates the life of General Robert Morin Shoemaker, who died
7	7	June 21, 2017, at the age of 93; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Robert Shoemaker was born on February 18, 1924; he
9	9	grew up on a farm in rural Michigan, and he graduated with a class
10	10	of 23 students at Almont High School in 1941; he joined the United
11	11	States Army upon his acceptance to West Point Military Academy,
12	12	and he graduated in 1946; and
13	13	WHEREAS, In 1965, General Shoemaker was deployed with the
14	14	1st Cavalry Division to Vietnam, where he commanded the 1st
15	15	Battalion, 12th Cavalry and the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry; he was
16	16	later promoted to brigadier general, and in May of 1970, he led
17	17	Task Force Shoemaker on the initial United States incursion into
18	18	Cambodia; he went on to become the commander of III Corps and Fort
19	19	Hood, and in 1977, he was assigned to the position of deputy
20	20	commander of United States Army Forces Command in Fort McPherson,
21	21	Georgia; after a year of service he was promoted to commander, a
22	22	four-star position that only a select few army officers achieve,
23	23	and in this role, he supervised approximately one million active,
24	24	reserve, and national guard soldiers; and
25	25	WHEREAS, After his 1982 retirement from the military,
26	26	General Shoemaker became an active community leader; he served
27	27	for eight years as an elected county commissioner in Bell County,
28	28	and he volunteered for numerous charitable causes and was a
29	29	well-known supporter of United Way; he was honored with both
30	30	the Frank W. Mayborn Humanitarian Award and the Roy J. Smith
31	31	Award for community service, and in 2000, the Killeen Independent
32	32	School District named the Robert M. Shoemaker High School in his
33	33	honor; and
34	34	WHEREAS, General Shoemaker shared nearly 70 years of
35	35	marriage with his devoted wife, Mary "Tuke" Shoemaker; he was a
36	36	highly respected member of his community who was admired for his
37	37	strength, his courage, and his commitment to serving his fellow
38	38	citizens; he will long be remembered with great admiration by all
39	39	who were privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it
40	40	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
41	41	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere condolences
42	42	to the bereaved family of General Robert Morin Shoemaker; and, be
43	43	it further
44	44	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for his
45	45	family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate
46	46	and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of
47	47	Robert Shoemaker.
48	48	Buckingham
49	49	________________________________
50	50	President of the Senate
51	51	I hereby certify that the
52	52	above Resolution was adopted by
53	53	the Senate on August 11, 2017, by
54	54	a rising vote.
55	55	________________________________
56	56	Secretary of the Senate
57	57	________________________________
58	58	Member, Texas Senate