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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Carl Roderick Osborne, who passed away on October 10, 2022, at |
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the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Tim and Christine Osborne, Roddy Osborne |
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was born in Terrell on December 6, 1935, and grew up in Gainesville; |
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he attended Texas A&M University on a football scholarship, leading |
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the Aggies to the 1956 Southwest Conference championship and |
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earning All-SWC honors that season; in 1958, he was selected by the |
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Cleveland Browns in the National Football League Draft, and he was |
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later inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Osborne served for several years in the U.S. Air |
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Force, rising to the rank of captain before his honorable |
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discharge; he subsequently coached football at Abilene Christian |
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University and Harding University in Arkansas, where he received a |
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master's degree in psychology; he also studied child psychology as |
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a Ph.D. student at Florida State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to Gainesville in the 1970s, Mr. Osborne |
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joined his father in the family's residential and commercial real |
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estate business; in 1980, he traveled with Federal Housing |
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Administration representatives to the Middle East to meet with |
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Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and other government officials about |
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the development of low-cost housing; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Osborne enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife of 25 years, the former Janis Land; he took |
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great pride in his 3 children, Kerry, Kevin, and Kathy, and his 11 |
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grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, A humble man of faith, Roddy Osborne will be deeply |
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missed, and those who held him dear will forever remember the warmth |
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and kindness he brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Carl Roderick Osborne and extend |
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heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Janis |
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Osborne; to his children, Kerry Osborne and his wife, Veronica, |
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Kevin Osborne and his wife, Stacy, and Kathy Hiser and her husband, |
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Tim; to his sister, Karen Otts; to the mother of his children, Mary |
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Lou Leftwich; to his grandchildren, Jordan, Jacob, Lindsey, Noah, |
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Chandler, Logan, Madison, Will, Jesse, Cole, and Clay; to his |
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great-grandchildren, Griffin, Olivia, Liam, Brayden, Grace, and |
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Emma; 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Roddy Osborne. |