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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were saddened by the passing of |
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Harvie Bird, Jr., of Kerrville, on August 15, 2006, yet the memory |
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of his full and rewarding life may offer a measure of comfort in |
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their time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 17, 1928, in Kerrville, to Littleton |
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Julia Rawls and Harvie Bird, Sr., Mr. Bird married the former Nina |
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Beth Lee on March 12, 1949, at the First Baptist Church of Ingram; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bird began his career in telecommunications with |
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Ingram Telephone Company; in January 1954, he joined Hill Country |
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Telephone Cooperative Incorporated, where he was promoted to plant |
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superintendent and then assistant manager before retiring in 1993; |
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his professional affiliations included memberships in the National |
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Telephone Cooperative Association Membership Committee and the |
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Texas Telephone Association Disaster Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, This valued Kerrville resident had served as |
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president of the Lions Club and was a member of First Baptist Church |
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in Ingram, where he was a lifetime deacon; he also shared his time |
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and energy as a director on the Texas Agriculture Cooperative |
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Council; and |
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WHEREAS, An avid hunter and fisherman who passed many |
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pleasant hours at his lake house, Mr. Bird built a life that was |
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remarkably rich in family, friends, and accomplishments, and he |
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will always be remembered with great affection and admiration; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Harvie Bird, Jr., and |
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that sincere sympathy be extended to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Nina Beth Bird; to his daughter, Nina Jean Bird; to his |
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sons, Gary Bird and his wife, Tamara, and Bobby Bird and his wife, |
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Nancy; to his grandchildren, Bryan and Megan Bird, Ryan King, and |
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Nathan Bird; to his sisters, Jean Nichols and Irene Hauser; to his |
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brother, Richard Bird; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Harvie |
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Bird, Jr. |