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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family and friends of George Oscar Fisher, Jr., of |
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Paris were deeply saddened by his passing on December 3, 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 12, 1916, in Cooper, a son of George |
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Oscar and Addie Adeline Kerley Fisher, Mr. Fisher served in the |
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United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, |
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rising to the rank of staff sergeant; after the military, he |
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attended Paris Junior College and was employed with the U.S. Postal |
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Service for 30 years before retiring; and |
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WHEREAS, This valued resident of the Paris community was a |
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longtime congregant of the Calvary United Methodist Church, which |
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he served as a Sunday school teacher and as a member of the |
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sanctuary building committee; he was also a licensed real estate |
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agent, a former member of the Golden K Kiwanis Club, and a Mason; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fisher was a devoted husband to the former Mary |
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Lorraine Ammons, whom he married on December 9, 1948; he leaves |
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behind a loving family and a legacy of service to his country and |
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his community that will be remembered for years to come; now, |
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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 George Oscar Fisher, Jr., and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Mary; to his sons, Brady Alan Fisher and George Kim Fisher and his |
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wife, Rhonda; to his grandson, Chris Fisher; to his brothers Urna |
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Fisher and his wife, Victoria, J. M. Fisher and his wife, Mary |
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Ellen, and Robert Fisher and his wife, Ruth; to his sister, Betty Jo |
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Richards; to his sister-in-law, Dorothy Fisher; and to his many |
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other relatives and 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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George Oscar Fisher, Jr. |