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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments may comfort the family and friends of |
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the Honorable Sam D. Seale of Jackson County, who passed away on |
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February 7, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Mr. Seale was born |
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on September 27, 1933, in Floresville; as a young man, he joined the |
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Kingsville Police Department, later serving with the Travis County |
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Sheriff's Office and the FBI in Washington, D.C.; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Seale studied at Texas A&I University, the |
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American College of Law, and The University of Texas at Austin |
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School of Law, and later returned with his wife and children to his |
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family ranch in Jackson County, where he was elected county judge in |
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1971; and |
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WHEREAS, During his tenure on the bench, Judge Seale served |
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as president of the South Texas Judges and Commissioners |
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Association and president of the Texas Association of Regional |
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Councils; in addition, he headed the statewide County Judges and |
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Commissioners Association of Texas and served on the board of the |
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National Association of Regional Councils of Government; and |
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WHEREAS, He joined the staff of the Texas Association of |
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Counties as head of intergovernmental relations in 1986, and the |
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following year he was hired as executive director of the |
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organization; under his able guidance, the TAC grew from six |
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employees to 130 without increasing the taxpayer dues paid by |
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county governments; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Seale continued to share his time with a number |
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of professional organizations, serving as president of the National |
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Conference of County Association Executives and the Conference of |
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Southern County Associations and on the boards of the National |
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Association of Counties and the Texas Supreme Court Judges |
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Education Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, A number of other groups also benefited from his |
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participation, including the Texas County and District Retirement |
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System Board of Trustees, the South Texas Health Systems Agency, |
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the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission Advisory Committee, and the |
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Texas Department of Community Affairs Advisory Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Seale was proud of his four terms as president of |
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the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission, and his |
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exceptional service to the organization earned him the title of Man |
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of the Year in 1979 and 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Mr. Seale especially enjoyed |
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hunting with friends in West Texas and nature photography; and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to know Sam Seale will |
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long remember his life of service to his community and to the State |
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of Texas, and although he will be greatly missed, his legacy will |
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live on in the institutions he nurtured and in the myriad |
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accomplishments he leaves behind; 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 the Honorable Sam D. |
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Seale and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Sylvia Aldrete Seale; to his children, Sam D. Seale IV and |
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his wife, Sandra, Carrie Hearne, Lea Ann Guyton, Terry Fazio and her |
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husband, Pat, Jean Bordelon and her husband, Max, Laura Hanson and |
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her husband, Jeff, Marc Thomas, and Michael McCrery and his wife, |
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Cerenna; to his 21 grandchildren and his great-grandchild; to his |
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sister, Laura Ann Farley; and to his other relatives and many |
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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 Sam D. |
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Seale. |