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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Carroll Sidney Shaddock, who died on |
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December 4, 2022, at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, Carroll Sidney Shaddock was born on July 7, 1940, |
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in Beaumont to Dr. Carroll Bitting Shaddock Jr. and Hulda |
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Gaertner Shaddock, whose German family emigrated to Texas in |
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1899; Carroll grew up in Orange and went on to graduate from Rice |
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University in 1962 and Yale Law School in 1965; in 1963, he |
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married the love of his life, Dorothea "Dorry" Schulze; and |
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WHEREAS, After law school, Carroll clerked for Judge Joe |
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Ingraham of the United States District Court for the Southern |
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District of Texas in Houston; he enlisted in the Texas Army |
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National Guard and received a direct commission as an officer in |
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the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy; he |
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then joined the Houston law firm of Liddell, Sapp, now known as |
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Locke, Lord, where he became a partner and practiced for 45 |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, A brilliant and determined man who sought to |
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improve his community, Carroll led the movement to reduce the |
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proliferation of billboards on Texas highways, which resulted in |
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the reduction by 90 percent of Houston's billboards, from 15,000 |
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in 1980 to 1,500 today; Carroll was founding chairman of Scenic |
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Houston and Scenic Texas, and he cofounded Trees for Houston, an |
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organization that encouraged the planting of trees and created |
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miles of tree-lined parkways in Houston; his contributions led to |
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the creation of the Texas Department of Transportation's Green |
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Ribbon highway tree-planting program and of Scenic America; and |
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WHEREAS, An admired visionary and respected leader, |
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Carroll founded the Bach Society Houston and the Melanchthon |
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Institute, a Lutheran theological study center; he and Dorry did |
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much to elevate worship music through their support of the |
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construction of glorious pipe organs at Christ the King Lutheran |
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Church, where they also donated the Bach organ and where he |
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served as congregational president, music director, and chairman |
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of various committees, and to First Lutheran Church of Houston, |
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where he served as choir director; and |
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WHEREAS, Carroll was a devoted husband and father whose |
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generosity of spirit, warmth, and enthusiasm will not be |
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forgotten; left to cherish his memory are Dorry, his loving wife |
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of 59 years; his three sons, Christian, Peter, and Matthew; his |
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siblings, Peter, Bill, and Gail; his nine grandchildren; and all |
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who were blessed to share in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Carroll Sidney Shaddock; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock. |