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By: McClendon H.R. No. 174
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Residents of San Antonio are mourning the loss Joe
D. Edmonson, Sr., a beloved neighbor and civic leader, who passed
away on September 19, 2003; and
WHEREAS, A native of Fayetteville, Tennessee, Mr. Edmonson
graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and moved to San
Antonio in 1974, to serve as a personnel management specialist at
Randolph Air Force Base; he retired in 1989 as chief of the Employee
Utilization Division for HQ Air Training Command; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman gave generously of his time
and talents to a host of worthy civic organizations and
initiatives; for a number of years, he chaired the board for AVANCE,
Inc., and the Bexar County Appraisal Review Board, and he had
recently founded the African American Concerned Citizens Group; at
the time of his passing, he was serving as secretary for the
University Health System Board of Managers and as a member of the
Humanistic Board for Research and Development at Trinity
University; and
WHEREAS, A member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Circle of
Friends Outer Circle, and many other social organizations, he
enjoyed reading, bridge, golf, and attending sport activities with
his grandsons; and
WHEREAS, Joe Edmonson was a man whose natural leadership
ability, passion for learning, and positive attitude made a lasting
impression on all who were fortunate enough to know him, and while
he will be greatly missed, his memory will live on in the hearts and
minds of the many people whose lives he touched; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of
Joe D. Edmonson, Sr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of
his family: to his wife, Edith Joy Stubbs Edmonson; to his sons, Joe
David Edmonson, Jr., and Keith Andre Edmonson; to his grandsons,
Brandon and Julian Edmonson; to his sisters, Johnettee Edmonson
Brown, Frances Edmonson Evans, Jane Edmonson Slaughter, Mildred
Edmonson Armstrong, and Margaret Edmonson McMillan; and to his
other relatives and many friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Joe D.
Edmonson, Sr.