By:  Montford                                          S.R. No. 870
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2                               In Memory
    1-3                                  of
    1-4                      Eugene V. Debbs Schoonover
    1-5        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the friends
    1-6  and family of Eugene V. Debbs "Don" Schoonover of Odessa in mourning
    1-7  this much beloved native son of Texas, who died on March 20, 1995,
    1-8  at the age of 82; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, This highly respected gentleman was directly
   1-10  descended from James Fisher, who belonged to one of the first "300"
   1-11  families which in 1842 were settling Stephen F. Austin's colony; his
   1-12  great-great uncle, Richardson Perry, fought and died at the Alamo;
   1-13  and
   1-14        WHEREAS, While nurturing a family and building his business,
   1-15  he was nevertheless imbued with the ethic of self-sacrifice and
   1-16  public service set forward by his forebears, and found time to
   1-17  devote many hours to Alcoholics Anonymous over four decades; he was
   1-18  also a member of the First United Methodist Church; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, His steadiness of purpose, his devotion to family,
   1-20  and his ability to live each day to the fullest will long be
   1-21  cherished by those who knew him; now, therefore, be it
   1-22        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   1-23  74th Legislature, hereby express sincere condolences to his wife,
    2-1  Mrs. Rose Anna Schreiber Schoonover; and, be it further
    2-2        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
    2-3  Mrs. Schoonover as an expression of deepest sympathy from the
    2-4  Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so
    2-5  in memory of Eugene V. Debbs "Don" Schoonover.
    2-6                               ______________________________________
    2-7                                      President of the Senate
    2-8                                    I hereby certify that the above
    2-9                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-10                               on May 1, 1995, by a rising vote.
   2-11                               ______________________________________
   2-12                                      Secretary of the Senate
   2-13                               ______________________________________
   2-14                                        Member, Texas Senate