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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The people of Temple have lost an esteemed |
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businessman and civic leader with the passing of Dan Lewis |
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Steakley, who died January 17, 2007, at the age of 94; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Waco on October 12, 1912, Mr. Steakley |
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received his bachelor's degree from Simmons University and a |
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master's degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1936; he |
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taught and coached tennis and debate in McAllen and Corpus Christi |
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before volunteering for naval duty in 1942; and |
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WHEREAS, For the next three years, Dan Steakley served as a |
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communications officer on Admiral Chester Nimitz's staff; |
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discharged as a lieutenant in 1945, he returned to Texas and joined |
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the faculty at the University of Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Steakley embarked on a successful business |
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career in 1947 when he opened a Chevrolet dealership in Knox City; a |
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decade later, he bought a Chevrolet dealership in Temple, a |
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business that he successfully operated for 23 years before selling |
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it in 1979; and |
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WHEREAS, A widely respected community leader, Mr. Steakley |
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served on the board of trustees of the University of Mary |
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Hardin-Baylor for three terms; he was also a deacon at First Baptist |
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Church and a valued member of the Temple Lions Club and the |
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philanthropic organization Karem Shrine; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his longtime involvement in the business and |
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civic arenas, Dan Steakley helped to foster a stronger, more caring |
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community, and he will be remembered with warm affection by those |
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whose hearts and lives he touched; 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 life of Dan Lewis Steakley and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of |
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72 years, Claydene Steakley; to his daughter, Sue Steakley; to his |
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granddaughter, SueAnn Altman; to his great-grandchildren; and to |
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his 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dan Lewis |
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Steakley. |
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Delisi |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 431 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 1, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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