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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of James Earl Keffer of Dallas, who passed away on March 9, 2007, at |
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the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 17, 1921, in Lipscomb, James |
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Keffer attended Texas Tech University and served his country as a |
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member of the U.S. Army during World War II; he was employed as a |
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credit manager for Continental-Emsco Oil Field Supply Company for |
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45 years, during which time he worked in Texas, Oklahoma, and |
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Canada; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Keffer was devoted to his wife, Jean, with whom |
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he shared nearly 60 years, and he was the proud father of three |
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children, Representative Jim Keffer, Bill Keffer, and Mona Gedney; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime member of Believers Chapel, James Keffer |
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inspired others with his fortitude, faith, and courage; although he |
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will be deeply missed, his spirit will live on in the hearts of all |
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those whose lives he so richly blessed with his wisdom and kindness; |
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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 James Earl Keffer and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his sons, |
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Representative Jim Keffer and his wife, Leslie, and Bill Keffer and |
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his wife, Elizabeth; to his daughter, Mona Gedney and her husband, |
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Clark; to his grandchildren, Vanessa, Brad, Chris and his wife, |
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Ashley, Rob, Scott, Caroline, and Doug; to his sisters, Mary |
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Johnson, Charlotte Bussard, and Pat Moore; to his brother, John |
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Keffer; and 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 James Earl |
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Keffer. |