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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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John Burton Smith of San Antonio on November 19, 2006, yet the |
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memory of his rewarding life may offer a measure of comfort in their |
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time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Alice on February 10, 1947, Mr. Smith |
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attended Adams High School and graduated from Southwest Texas State |
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University with a degree in biology; he later completed a master's |
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degree from Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to serving the public and educating its |
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youth, Mr. Smith enjoyed a career as a natural sciences teacher that |
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spanned 3-1/2 decades; he worked for nine years with the San Antonio |
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Independent School District and 26 years with the Lackland |
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Independent School District, retiring in 2005 from Stacey Jr./Sr. |
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High School at Lackland Air Force Base; he taught an estimated 5,000 |
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students, and he gave generously of himself as a mentor, offering |
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guidance and instilling in his young charges his passion for |
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learning and his abiding interest in science and nature; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted husband, a cherished father, and an adored |
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grandfather, John Smith built a life that was rich in family and |
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friends; he had a contagious sense of humor and a warm patience that |
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is deeply missed, and he will always be remembered with great |
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admiration and affection; 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 John Burton Smith and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of |
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38 years, Patricia Gail Smith; to his daughters, Debra Rice and her |
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husband, Garrett, Patricia DeLeon and her husband, Fernando, and |
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Suzanne Margo and her husband, Michael; to his grandson, Grant Alan |
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Rice; to his aunt, Rose Burton; to his cousins, Jay Burton and Meri |
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Alexander; to his mother-in-law, Maude Schmitt; to his |
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sister-in-law, Judy Schmitt; to his niece, Shannon Schmitt; 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 John Burton |
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Smith. |