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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and colleagues will forever |
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cherish their memories of Dewey Douglas Stockbridge of Alpine, who |
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died on August 8, 2020, at the age of 36; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Fredericksburg on November 16, 1983, to |
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Randy and Connie Stockbridge, Dewey Stockbridge grew up with the |
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companionship of a sister, Leslie; he excelled as both a student and |
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as a multi-sport athlete at Mason High School, where he played on |
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the football, basketball, and baseball teams and developed his |
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lifelong passion for golf; after graduating from Mason High in |
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2002, he attended Texas A&M University and earned his degree in |
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wildlife and fisheries sciences in 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Stockbridge first worked as a wildlife |
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technician for the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area; there, he |
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was involved in habitat restoration and conservation efforts for |
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desert bighorn sheep in Far West Texas, a cause that became very |
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dear to his heart; after a few years, he was promoted to the |
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position of wildlife biologist at Black Gap, and he continued in |
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that role at the Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area, which |
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spans 23,000 acres south of Alpine; highly respected for his work, |
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he was conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep at Black |
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Gap when he died in a helicopter crash along with two other TPWD |
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employees on August 8, 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in many organizations, Mr. Stockbridge held |
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membership in the Texas Wildlife Association, the Wild Sheep |
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Foundation, the Mule Deer Foundation, the Dallas and Houston Safari |
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Clubs, Ducks Unlimited, the Texas Bighorn Society, and the Desert |
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Bighorn Council; he was also a congregant of the First United |
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Methodist Church of Mason; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Stockbridge shared a rewarding relationship |
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with his wife, Shannon, and he took great pride in their son, |
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Jameson, and daughter, London; he instilled in his children his |
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love of the outdoors and his respect for nature, and he enjoyed |
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going on hunting and fishing trips with family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Dewey Stockbridge's life ended far too |
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soon, he has left behind a legacy through his tireless commitment to |
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habitat preservation and wildlife stewardship, and he will forever |
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be remembered with admiration and affection by all those who were |
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fortunate enough to know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dewey Douglas Stockbridge and |
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extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Shannon Stockbridge; to his children, Jameson and London |
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Stockbridge; to his parents, Randy and Connie Stockbridge; to his |
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sister, Leslie Becker, and her husband, Travis; to his niece, |
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Aubrey Joy Becker; and to his many other relatives and friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Dewey Stockbridge. |