| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 56 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of William |
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| 6 | 6 | | Henderson Bowlin, a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, who passed away |
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| 7 | 7 | | on September 29, 2023, at the age of 93; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The son of Hazel Mabel Pickering Bowlin and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Henderson Wakefield Bowlin, William Bowlin was born in Worth |
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| 10 | 10 | | County, Missouri, on July 30, 1930, and grew up on the family farm |
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| 11 | 11 | | with a sister, Betty; he completed his bachelor's degree in civil |
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| 12 | 12 | | engineering at Missouri University of Science and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Technology-Rolla; on August 8, 1951, he married the former Cora Mae |
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| 14 | 14 | | Stabe, and they eventually became the parents of five children, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Stephanie, Stanley, Suzanne, Sandra, and Sonya; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bowlin served in the army from 1952 to 1954; he |
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| 17 | 17 | | trained at Fort Lewis in Washington and then helped France rebuild |
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| 18 | 18 | | its infrastructure; while living in the country, he and his wife |
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| 19 | 19 | | formed many lasting friendships; he held the rank of first |
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| 20 | 20 | | lieutenant and earned the National Defense Service Medal; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, During the late 1950s, the Bowlins lived in Dallas; |
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| 22 | 22 | | Mr. Bowlin worked as a civil engineer and then followed his dream of |
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| 23 | 23 | | entrepreneurship, establishing a commercial insulation business; |
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| 24 | 24 | | an early adopter of technology, he purchased one of the first |
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| 25 | 25 | | personal computers, a Radio Shack TRS-80, and he learned to write |
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| 26 | 26 | | code that he used in his business; he owned 22 personal computers |
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| 27 | 27 | | over the years; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bowlin was a humble, hardworking man; deeply |
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| 29 | 29 | | devoted to his family, he loved reunions and other gatherings; in |
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| 30 | 30 | | addition, he enjoyed genealogy research, and he was able to trace |
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| 31 | 31 | | both his and his wife's roots back to the 1500s; Mrs. Bowlin passed |
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| 32 | 32 | | away in 2019, and his daughter, Suzanne, became his primary |
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| 33 | 33 | | caregiver; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Although William Bowlin is sadly missed by his |
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| 35 | 35 | | friends and loved ones, he leaves behind a legacy that will long be |
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| 36 | 36 | | treasured by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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| 39 | 39 | | William Henderson Bowlin and extend sincere sympathy to the members |
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| 40 | 40 | | of his family: to his children, Stephanie Miller, Stanley Bowlin |
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| 41 | 41 | | and his wife, Cheryl, Suzanne Bowlin, Sandra Luckcuck and her |
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| 42 | 42 | | husband, Alan, and Sonya Downs and her husband, Bill; to his |
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| 43 | 43 | | grandchildren and their spouses, David and Mary Miller, Max Miller, |
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| 44 | 44 | | Kyle Downs, Matthew and Shelby Downs, Rachel Luckcuck, Lexie |
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| 45 | 45 | | Luckcuck, and Skyler Bowlin; and to his other relatives and |
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| 46 | 46 | | friends; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 48 | | prepared for his family. |
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| 49 | 49 | | Shaheen |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 52 | 52 | | I certify that H.R. No. 56 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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| 53 | 53 | | vote of the House on December 5, 2023. |
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| 54 | 54 | | ______________________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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