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78R11558 JH-D

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.R. No. 799



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Residents of Dallas lost a beloved neighbor, friend, 
and attorney with the passing of Robert Lawson Ivy on April 2, 2003; 
and
	WHEREAS, Born on January 1, 1922, Mr. Ivy graduated from 
Adamson High School in 1939 and enrolled at The University of Texas; 
shortly thereafter, he joined the United States Army and served in 
the 503rd Airborne Division during World War II; he was awarded a 
Purple Heart and a battlefield commission as well as a Bronze Star 
for valor; and
	WHEREAS, On returning from military service, he married 
Georgea Boone Oliver and resumed his studies at Baylor University, 
graduating with honors from the university's law school in 1951; 
and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Mr. Ivy practiced law 
in Odessa and Lubbock before moving his offices to Fort Worth; after 
many years of working as a successful plaintiff's attorney and 
serving as president of the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers 
Association and on the board of the Texas Trial Lawyers 
Association, he retired in 1977 and moved to Dallas to be near his 
family; and
	WHEREAS, Robert Lawson Ivy was a quiet, kind, and gentle man 
of remarkable intelligence, 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 hereby pay tribute to the life of Robert Lawson Ivy and 
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his son, 
Steve Ivy and his wife, Linda; to his daughter, Jan Ivy and her 
husband, Paul Heiselman; to his grandchildren, James, Christopher, 
Laura, and Katy; to his brother and sister-in-law, David and Helen 
Ivy; to his sister, Wini Ivy Holmes; to his sister-in-law, Mattie 
Ivy; 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 Robert 
Lawson Ivy.