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                                                                  H.R. No. 1117



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The family and friends of Marcus Fay Vascocu were 
deeply saddened by his death on February 18, 2005, at the age of 86; 
and
	WHEREAS, Born on January 12, 1919, in Natchitoches, 
Louisiana, Mr. Vascocu moved to Longview as a child and graduated 
from Longview High School; he studied at The University of Texas at 
Austin and received a bachelor of business administration degree; 
he served with distinction in the U.S. Navy during World War II and 
earned the rank of 2nd lieutenant; and
	WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Vascocu attended Southern 
Methodist University Law School and moved back to Longview, where 
he practiced law for many years; in 1969, Governor Preston Smith 
appointed him to be the first judge of the 188th Judicial District 
Court in Gregg County, where he was involved in some of East Texas' 
most high profile cases, including two that reached the U.S. 
Supreme Court; he retired from his judicial post on January 1, 1987; 
and
	WHEREAS, A fair and consistent judge who also had a good sense 
of humor and loved to fish, he was a member of the American Legion, 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Masons, and a longtime 
congregant of the First Baptist Church in Longview; and
	WHEREAS, Judge Vascocu positively influenced the lives of 
countless individuals; he leaves a legacy of personal 
accomplishments and judicial excellence, and he will not soon be 
forgotten; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Marcus Fay Vascocu and 
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family:  to his wife 
of 63 years, Jacqueline; to his daughters and their husbands, Karen 
and Jerry Woolf and Ann and Ed Davis; to his granddaughters, Kristin 
Crawford and her husband, Kevin, and Lindsey Woolf; to his 
grandsons, Marc Davis and Scott Davis; to his sister, Naomi 
Kilgore; 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 Judge 
Marcus Fay Vascocu.

                                                                         Merritt


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1117 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on April 22, 2005.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House