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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Patrick |
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Alan McKissick of Waxahachie, who died on February 7, 2021, at the |
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age of 36; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Javier and Lorrie Gonzales, Patrick |
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McKissick was born in Dallas on October 6, 1984; he grew up in |
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DeSoto and Maypearl with two brothers, Javi and Nicholas, and a |
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sister, Jessica, and he graduated from Maypearl High School in |
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2003; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued employee of McKissick Construction in Ellis |
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and Dallas Counties, Mr. McKissick was skilled at every aspect of |
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his trade, from drafting to building a shed to remodeling a home; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. McKissick was also a gifted cook who delighted |
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in making meals for his family and treating his nieces and nephew to |
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sweets; kind, generous, and funny, he liked meeting people, and he |
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particularly enjoyed sharing his enthusiasm for the Dallas Cowboys; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Although Patrick McKissick's life ended far too |
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soon, memories of joyful times spent in his company will remain to |
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comfort all those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Patrick Alan |
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McKissick and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his parents, Javier and Lorrie Gonzales; to his |
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siblings, Javi, Nicholas and his wife, McKenzie, and Jessica and |
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her husband, Travis; to his nephew, Jaxon, and his nieces, Julia and |
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Jolie; and to his many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patrick |
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McKissick. |