Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 447
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Carroll Sidney Shaddock
5	5	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
6	6	commemorates the life of Carroll Sidney Shaddock, who died on
7	7	December 4, 2022, at the age of 82; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Carroll Sidney Shaddock was born on July 7, 1940,
9	9	in Beaumont to Dr. Carroll Bitting Shaddock Jr. and Hulda
10	10	Gaertner Shaddock, whose German family emigrated to Texas in
11	11	1899; Carroll grew up in Orange and went on to graduate from Rice
12	12	University in 1962 and Yale Law School in 1965; in 1963, he
13	13	married the love of his life, Dorothea "Dorry" Schulze; and
14	14	WHEREAS, After law school, Carroll clerked for Judge Joe
15	15	Ingraham of the United States District Court for the Southern
16	16	District of Texas in Houston; he enlisted in the Texas Army
17	17	National Guard and received a direct commission as an officer in
18	18	the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy; he
19	19	then joined the Houston law firm of Liddell, Sapp, now known as
20	20	Locke, Lord, where he became a partner and practiced for 45
21	21	years; and
22	22	WHEREAS, A brilliant and determined man who sought to
23	23	improve his community, Carroll led the movement to reduce the
24	24	proliferation of billboards on Texas highways, which resulted in
25	25	the reduction by 90 percent of Houston's billboards, from 15,000
26	26	in 1980 to 1,500 today; Carroll was founding chairman of Scenic
27	27	Houston and Scenic Texas, and he cofounded Trees for Houston, an
28	28	organization that encouraged the planting of trees and created
29	29	miles of tree-lined parkways in Houston; his contributions led to
30	30	the creation of the Texas Department of Transportation's Green
31	31	Ribbon highway tree-planting program and of Scenic America; and
32	32	WHEREAS, An admired visionary and respected leader,
33	33	Carroll founded the Bach Society Houston and the Melanchthon
34	34	Institute, a Lutheran theological study center; he and Dorry did
35	35	much to elevate worship music through their support of the
36	36	construction of glorious pipe organs at Christ the King Lutheran
37	37	Church, where they also donated the Bach organ and where he
38	38	served as congregational president, music director, and chairman
39	39	of various committees, and to First Lutheran Church of Houston,
40	40	where he served as choir director; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Carroll was a devoted husband and father whose
42	42	generosity of spirit, warmth, and enthusiasm will not be
43	43	forgotten; left to cherish his memory are Dorry, his loving wife
44	44	of 59 years; his three sons, Christian, Peter, and Matthew; his
45	45	siblings, Peter, Bill, and Gail; his nine grandchildren; and all
46	46	who were blessed to share in his life; now, therefore, be it
47	47	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
48	48	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
49	49	family of Carroll Sidney Shaddock; and, be it further
50	50	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
51	51	his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
52	52	Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
53	53	memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock.
54	54	Whitmire, Alvarado, Bettencourt
55	55	Huffman, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Miles
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Member, Texas Senate
58	58	____________________________________________________________
59	59	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
60	60	____________________________________________________________
61	61	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
62	62	____________________________________________________________
63	63	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
64	64	______________________________
65	65	President of the Senate
66	66	I hereby certify that the
67	67	above Resolution was adopted by
68	68	the Senate on May 10, 2023, by a
69	69	rising vote.
70	70	______________________________
71	71	Secretary of the Senate