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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than half a century, the Reverend Dr. R. E. |
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Price, Sr., has been a dedicated leader in the Hamilton Park |
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community, and as a tribute to this esteemed clergyman, the local |
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post office is being renamed in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Prairie View A&M University, Dr. Price |
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studied theology at Bishop College and earned a doctor of divinity |
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degree from Saint Thomas Christian College and Theological |
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Seminary; he held a notable 28-year tenure with Lomas and Nettleton |
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Mortgage Banking Corporation before retiring as vice president; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Price has served as pastor of New Mount Zion |
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Baptist Church since the early 1970s; under his guidance, the |
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congregation has grown from less than 100 members to more than 3,000 |
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and now offers 25 religious, educational, business, and |
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technological ministries as well as a day-care center that serves |
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110 families; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Price is also an active member of his community, |
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sharing his time with the Richardson and Dallas Independent School |
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Districts, Hamilton Park Civic League, Greater Dallas Council of |
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Churches, and the Dallas Museum of Art board of directors; a life |
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member of the NAACP and the Prairie View A&M National Alumni |
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Association, he holds leadership positions with the Presbyterian |
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Village North board of directors, which he serves as secretary, the |
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Greater Rising Star District Association, which he serves as vice |
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moderator, and the Dallas Ministers' Alliance, which he serves as |
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first vice president; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Price has had a profound influence on the |
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Hamilton Park community, both as a minister and as a civic leader, |
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and his legacy of good works will continue to benefit his fellow |
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residents for many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Reverend Dr. R. E. Price, Sr., of |
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Dallas on the renaming of the Hamilton Park post office in his |
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honor; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Price as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |