By Johnson                                              H.R. No. 47
       74R3785 WMS-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, L. D. "Dulon" Hughes for 53 years has provided
    1-2  solace and the highest level of professional service to the
    1-3  citizens of Nacogdoches County as a funeral home employee; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Born January 11, 1907, in Shelby County, he
    1-5  relocated with his family to Martinsville, where he assisted in his
    1-6  father's farming and dairy business before taking a position at a
    1-7  dry goods store; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, He took as his bride the former Pauline McLain, and
    1-9  together they shared 59 years of mutual devotion; although deeply
   1-10  saddened by his wife's passing, Mr. Hughes took comfort from their
   1-11  son, Kenneth Jerry Hughes, and daughter-in-law, Nell; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, Joining the staff of the Cason-Monk Funeral Home in
   1-13  Nacogdoches in 1942, Mr. Hughes immediately demonstrated the high
   1-14  degree of personal care toward those who had lost loved ones that
   1-15  would be the hallmark of his career; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, After retiring from his position with Cason-Monk
   1-17  Funeral Home, where he had been an exemplary employee for
   1-18  approximately 40 years, he immediately began work at the Laird
   1-19  Funeral Home, and he has brought to that establishment his
   1-20  extraordinary expertise and comforting demeanor; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, Mr. Hughes consistently has demonstrated a high
   1-22  level of concern for his fellow citizens, participating in
   1-23  activities at the Senior Citizens Center and providing a welcome
   1-24  smile to hospital patients during his frequent visits to area
    2-1  hospitals; and
    2-2        WHEREAS, A man of deep and abiding religious conviction, he
    2-3  shares his faith with his wife of six years, Ruby, and they both
    2-4  are active members at the Old North Baptist Church, where he also
    2-5  directs song services; and
    2-6        WHEREAS, Mr. Hughes's extraordinary efforts and sympathetic
    2-7  warmth have eased the burden of numerous families during their
    2-8  difficult periods of deep personal loss, and his many notable
    2-9  accomplishments in this demanding profession are indeed worthy of
   2-10  special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
   2-11        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-12  Legislature hereby commend L. D. "Dulon" Hughes on his more than
   2-13  half-century of significant contributions to the betterment of his
   2-14  fellow citizens in Nacogdoches; and, be it further
   2-15        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-16  prepared for Mr. Hughes as an expression of high regard by the
   2-17  Texas House of Representatives.