R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The passing of Paul Thomas Cook on March 4, 1996, at 1-2 the age of 67, has brought a great loss to the family and many 1-3 friends of this esteemed Jasper resident; and 1-4 WHEREAS, A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mr. Cook attended 1-5 Baylor University and was graduated from The University of Texas, 1-6 and he enjoyed a fulfilling career with the Texas Department of 1-7 Transportation that spanned 40 years; he retired in 1995 as chief 1-8 resident engineer for Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Mr. Cook was a charter member of the Jasper Evening 1-10 Lions Club; he further contributed to his community by designing 1-11 architectural plans for many structures in the area, including the 1-12 highly praised Sandy Creek Park, and he was recognized for his 1-13 noteworthy contributions with Jasper's Citizen of the Year Award in 1-14 1996; and 1-15 WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, he was sustained by his 1-16 abiding faith as a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of 1-17 Jasper, where he served in many capacities, having chaired the 1-18 Buildings and Grounds Committee and directed a Singles Sunday 1-19 school class with his wife, Liz; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Paul Cook touched the lives of many people during 1-21 his years on this earth, and though he is gone from us now, his 1-22 memory will long endure in the hearts and minds of all who knew and 1-23 loved him; now, therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-1 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Paul Thomas Cook and 2-2 extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, 2-3 Liz Cook; to his sons and daughters-in-law, Keith and Marcia Cook, 2-4 Kevin and Monica Cook, and Kim and Janey Cook; to his daughter and 2-5 son-in-law, Melody and Michael Parker; to his stepdaughters, Jamie 2-6 Hopper and Kelly Schlotman and her husband, Kirk Schlotman; to his 2-7 10 grandchildren; and to the many other friends and relatives of 2-8 this distinguished Texan; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-10 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas 2-11 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of 2-12 Paul Thomas Cook. Christian Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1279 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 31, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House