| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 534 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, White's Funeral Homes in Parker County was |
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| 3 | 3 | | approved for an Official Texas Historical Marker on June 15, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2020; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, In 1908, Wayman Asbury White began selling |
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| 6 | 6 | | coffins for Captain J. A. Kidd's general mercantile store in |
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| 7 | 7 | | Springtown, and after moving to Poolville in 1913, he continued |
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| 8 | 8 | | to specialize in selling coffins for another store; in 1914, he |
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| 9 | 9 | | moved to Weatherford and established an undertaking business, |
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| 10 | 10 | | and he was among the first in the area to adopt progressive new |
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| 11 | 11 | | practices; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mr. White built a funeral home on Houston Avenue |
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| 13 | 13 | | in Weatherford in 1930, and other members of his family joined in |
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| 14 | 14 | | the business, including his brother, J. Herschel White, his son, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Ford White, and his son-in-law, Morris Sands; a decade later, the |
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| 16 | 16 | | funeral home became one of the first to sell burial insurance |
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| 17 | 17 | | policies, and in the 1950s, it was among the first to offer an |
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| 18 | 18 | | air-conditioned chapel; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, In the years since, White's Funeral Homes has |
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| 20 | 20 | | expanded to several more locations, and in 1980, it purchased the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Memory Gardens of Valley Memorial Park along Mineral Wells |
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| 22 | 22 | | Highway; today, the business remains in the White family, owned |
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| 23 | 23 | | and operated by the grandson of W. A. White, Bob White, and his |
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| 24 | 24 | | wife, Carolynn White, with the assistance of their daughter, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Anita White, and their grandson, Zack Bellenger; in 2015, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | business was accepted into the Texas Treasure Business Award |
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| 27 | 27 | | Program, which recognizes businesses that have contributed to |
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| 28 | 28 | | their community for more than 50 years; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, For over a century, the White family and their |
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| 30 | 30 | | funeral homes have played a vital role in Parker County and the |
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| 31 | 31 | | surrounding region, and recognition from the Texas Historical |
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| 32 | 32 | | Commission pays well-deserved tribute to the business's long |
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| 33 | 33 | | record of service; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate White's Funeral Homes on being |
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| 36 | 36 | | approved for an Official Texas Historical Marker and extend to |
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| 37 | 37 | | the White family and their employees sincere best wishes for the |
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| 38 | 38 | | future; 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 White's Funeral Homes as an expression of high |
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| 41 | 41 | | regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Springer |
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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 May 28, 2021. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | 50 | | ________________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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