| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 284 |
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| 2 | 2 | | In Memory |
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| 3 | 3 | | of |
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| 4 | 4 | | James Kenneth Smith |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of James |
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| 6 | 6 | | Kenneth Smith of Tyler, who passed away on January 23, 2019, at |
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| 7 | 7 | | the age of 81; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Ken Smith was born on September 26, 1937, in the |
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| 9 | 9 | | community of Telephone to James Warner and Undene Mozelle Widner |
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| 10 | 10 | | Smith; while attending Bonham High School, he earned the rank of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Eagle Scout and began working as a disc jockey, a job that |
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| 12 | 12 | | eventually helped him pay his way through college in Austin, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Denton, and Dallas; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Smith graduated from the University of North |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas in 1960 and made his living as a disc jockey in Sherman and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Tyler, before taking a job with Peoples National Bank; in 1963, |
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| 17 | 17 | | he embarked on a career that would span 34 years with the |
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| 18 | 18 | | pharmaceutical company Smith Kline & French; while there, he |
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| 19 | 19 | | became a certified medical representative and rose to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | position of executive pharmaceutical consultant before retiring |
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| 21 | 21 | | in 1997; he was a longtime member of First Christian Church in |
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| 22 | 22 | | Tyler, and he served the congregation through the years as |
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| 23 | 23 | | evangelism chair, elder, elder chair, and elder emeritus; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, In 1959, Mr. Smith married his college sweetheart, |
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| 25 | 25 | | the former Reba Fay Roland, with whom he shared nearly six decades; |
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| 26 | 26 | | they were blessed with two children, Angela and Timothy, and the |
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| 27 | 27 | | couple later welcomed into their family four grandchildren, Blake, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Trent, Clayton, and Lindsey; Mr. Smith supported both his children |
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| 29 | 29 | | and grandchildren in their many athletic, dance, band, and other |
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| 30 | 30 | | extracurricular activities; an avid outdoorsman, he also delighted |
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| 31 | 31 | | in going on fishing and hunting trips with his loved ones; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Ken Smith led a life that was rich in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | intangibles that matter most, and he will forever be remembered |
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| 34 | 34 | | with deep admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of James Kenneth |
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| 37 | 37 | | Smith and extend sincere sympathy to all those who mourn his |
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| 38 | 38 | | passing; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for his family and that when the Senate adjourns this |
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| 41 | 41 | | day, it do so in memory of Ken Smith. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Hughes |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | President of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 46 | 46 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Senate on February 27, 2019, |
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| 48 | 48 | | by a rising vote. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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