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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Paris community lost a beloved native son on |
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December 23, 2006, when Richard Lamoine Cunningham passed away; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 24, 1939, to Aubrey C. Cunningham |
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and Nelma Maurine Favors Cunningham, Dick Cunningham attended Paris |
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Junior College and then went to West Texas State University in |
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Canyon on a football scholarship; after college, he entered the |
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Texas Department of Public Safety Academy and embarked on a |
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distinguished 28-year career as a state trooper that included |
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numerous commendations and his commission as a Special Texas |
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Ranger; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cunningham was a devoted husband to the former |
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Virginia Ruth Murray, whom he married on December 28, 1968; their |
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union was blessed with two children, and they shared in the joy of |
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welcoming into their family two grandsons and two |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, This valued member of the Paris community attended |
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Oak Park United Methodist Church for many years; he belonged to |
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Masonic Lodge No. 27 for 34 years and was a 32nd Degree Mason; and |
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WHEREAS, An outdoors enthusiast, Mr. Cunningham enjoyed |
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camping, fishing, and hunting, and he traveled to Colorado for more |
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than 20 annual deer hunts; he also loved to play dominoes and ride |
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motorcycles with his friends through the countryside; and |
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WHEREAS, While the absence of this cherished husband, father, |
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and friend is painful and difficult to endure, some measure of |
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comfort may be found in the certain knowledge that his spirit will |
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shine brightly in the hearts of countless individuals whose lives |
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he touched; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Richard Lamoine Cunningham and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Virginia; to his son, Lewis Randall Cunningham and his wife, Kathi; |
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to his daughter, Charlotte Jeanne Cunningham; to his grandsons, |
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Jeremy Cunningham and his wife, Crystal, and Micah Cunningham; to |
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his great-grandchildren, Mason and Trilby Cunningham; to his |
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brother, Tony Cunningham and his wife, Leslie; to his |
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brothers-in-law, Charles Murray and his wife, Grace, and Jay Murray |
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and his wife, Pat; to his nephews, Clay Cunningham, Clint |
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Cunningham, Josh Price, and Larry Murray; to his nieces, Lana |
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Caldwell and Stefnie Baumann; and to his other relatives and many |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Richard Lamoine Cunningham. |