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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Roy Edward |
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Barfield of Rogers, who passed away on January 22, 2007, at the age |
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of 76; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 6, 1930, in Temple to Albus Emmitt |
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and Elsa Schmidt Barfield, Roy Barfield began his working life |
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early by helping out in his parents' feed and grocery store; and |
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WHEREAS, During World War II, Mr. Barfield worked as a cab |
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driver for several companies; when the tragic explosion of the SS |
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Grandcamp in Texas City in 1947 demolished many automobiles, he |
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helped to transport new cars to the region; he then worked as a |
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short-order cook at the Goody-Goody drive-in before apprenticing as |
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a plumber at the Messer Plumbing Company, and while working there he |
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received his journeyman plumbing license; and |
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WHEREAS, After marrying his beloved wife Elizabeth in 1950, |
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Mr. Barfield answered his nation's call to duty during the Korean |
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War and served two years in the United States Army at Fort Bliss, |
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Texas, and Fort Meade, Maryland; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to Temple, Mr. Barfield earned his master |
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plumbing license and opened his own business, providing plumbing, |
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heating, and air conditioning services to his community for 20 |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, He went on to work as a civil servant at Fort Hood |
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for 20 years, finishing his career as the shop foreman in the |
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maintenance division; with a reputation for handling the |
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government's money and business as if they were his own, Mr. |
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Barfield earned the highest civilian commendation possible short of |
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presidential recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, An expert in the building trades, Roy Barfield loved |
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restoring houses to their original condition and reclaiming the |
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land on the farm he and his wife retired to in Rogers; hardworking |
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and resourceful, he will be fondly remembered as an honest |
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businessman, a devoted family man who enjoyed cooking special meals |
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for his loved ones, and a sensitive man who was not afraid to shed a |
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tear when witnessing an act of kindness or patriotism; 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 Roy Edward Barfield |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Lawhon Barfield; to his sons, David |
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Barfield and his wife, Sharon, and Sam Barfield and his wife, |
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Sandra; to his grandchildren, John, Scott, and Laura Barfield; and |
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to 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 Roy Edward |
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Barfield. |