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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Temple resident, beloved father, and former |
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professional baseball player Harold Guy Fifield passed away on |
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January 20, 2007, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in St. Louis, Mr. Fifield attended Westminster |
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College in Fulton, Missouri, where he met the woman who would become |
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his wife, Marilyn Edwards; the couple married on February 3, 1940; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fifield played baseball with the St. Louis |
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Browns and the Chicago White Sox before serving as a navy |
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pharmacist's mate during World War II; he worked for |
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A. S. Aloe/Brunswick Corporation of St. Louis and later sold |
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diagnostic equipment in the Rocky Mountain region for |
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Bio-Dynamics/Boehringer Mannheim of Indianapolis; and |
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WHEREAS, In Temple, Mr. Fifield is remembered as a valued |
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congregant of Temple Bible Church; and |
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WHEREAS, The life of Harold Fifield has been an immeasurable |
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blessing to his family and friends, and the memory of his spirit and |
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accomplishments will continue to provide joy and comfort to all who |
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loved him; now, 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 memory of Harold Guy Fifield |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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sons, James Guy and Charles Harold Fifield; to his six |
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grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and to his other |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Harold Guy |
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Fifield. |
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Delisi |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 429 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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