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