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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The 102nd birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed |
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| 6 | 7 | | cause for celebration, and Ira B. Scott Sr. of Houston is marking |
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| 7 | 8 | | this significant occasion in his life on March 25, 2019; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, A native of Willis, Ira Scott was born in 1917; he |
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| 9 | 10 | | attended public schools in his hometown before transferring to Port |
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| 10 | 11 | | Arthur Lincoln High School because it offered a full 12 grades of |
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| 11 | 12 | | instruction; he completed his bachelor's degree in education at |
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| 12 | 13 | | Huston-Tillotson University and taught in a small community near |
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| 13 | 14 | | Shreveport, Louisiana; subsequently, he worked for the YMCA in New |
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| 14 | 15 | | Orleans; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Scott married the former Evelyn Rhoda Landix, |
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| 16 | 17 | | and the couple became the proud parents of three sons, Ira, Carl, |
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| 17 | 18 | | and Vernon; they lived in Conroe while Mr. Scott taught at Booker |
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| 18 | 19 | | T. Washington School, and he founded the community's first Boy |
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| 19 | 20 | | Scout troop for African Americans; after he joined the faculty of |
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| 20 | 21 | | Phillis Wheatley High, the family relocated to Houston; Wheatley |
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| 21 | 22 | | moved to a new facility the following year, but Mr. Scott remained |
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| 22 | 23 | | at the location as it became E. O. Smith Junior High; he rose to |
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| 23 | 24 | | become principal of the campus and served there for 35 years until |
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| 24 | 25 | | his retirement; for more than a quarter-century, he was a board |
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| 25 | 26 | | member of the credit union for Houston teachers; he also served as |
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| 26 | 27 | | president of the Houston Retired Teachers Association; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his community, Mr. Scott |
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| 28 | 29 | | established the first Boy Scout troop in the Fifth Ward with the |
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| 29 | 30 | | help of fellow educators and parents; he was a trustee of |
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| 30 | 31 | | Huston-Tillotson University and served as president of the alumni |
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| 31 | 32 | | organization, and he has given generously of his time and talents to |
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| 32 | 33 | | the Prince Hall Masons; one of the longest-tenured members of Omega |
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| 33 | 34 | | Psi Phi Fraternity, he has been active in the Nu Phi Chapter for |
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| 34 | 35 | | over seven decades, and he was chapter basileus and a chaplain of |
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| 35 | 36 | | the Ninth District; moreover, he has been a valued member of Trinity |
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| 36 | 37 | | United Methodist Church for more than 65 years, and he has served in |
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| 37 | 38 | | the choir and men's ministry; and |
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| 38 | 39 | | WHEREAS, A distinguished educator and engaged citizen, Ira |
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| 39 | 40 | | Scott has earned the deep admiration of innumerable people, and he |
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| 40 | 41 | | may reflect with great satisfaction on a long lifetime of |
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| 41 | 42 | | achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Ira B. Scott Sr. on the joyous |
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| 44 | 45 | | occasion of his 102nd birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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| 45 | 46 | | for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for Mr. Scott as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 48 | 49 | | House of Representatives. |
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