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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Jack Clarke, Jr., on February 4, |
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2007, at the age of 90, deeply saddened the family and friends of |
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this respected West Kerr County rancher; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Clarke graduated from San Jacinto High School in |
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Houston and earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University in |
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1937; a gifted athlete, he entered the coaching profession and |
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successfully guided the Conroe High School football and track teams |
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for five years; during the summers of 1940 and 1941, he also served |
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as a counselor at Camp Stewart; and |
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WHEREAS, Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Mr. |
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Clarke joined the U.S. Navy; he completed his military obligation |
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in 1944 with the rank of lieutenant commander; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Clarke founded the Clarke Bottling and |
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Distributing Company in Conroe in 1945 and retained ownership of |
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the business until 1980, when he sold it to the Pepsi-Cola Company; |
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he and his wife, Virginia Ruth Clarke, moved to Clarke Ranch in |
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western Kerr County in 1972; and |
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WHEREAS, Involved in many civic and community organizations, |
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Mr. Clarke was a member and former president of the Conroe Rotary |
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Club, a member and past president of the Montgomery County Chamber |
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of Commerce, a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, |
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a past president of the Houston Hereford Club, and a 23-year member |
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of the board of directors for the Kerr County Soil and Water |
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Conservation District, a post from which he retired in December |
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2006; in addition, this esteemed Texan was an active parishioner of |
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the First United Methodist Church of Conroe, where he served on the |
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board of stewards and on the church finance and building |
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committees, and a valued congregant of First United Methodist |
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Church of Kerrville; and |
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WHEREAS, Held in the highest regard by many fellow citizens, |
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Jack Clarke, Jr., could take pride in a long record of constructive |
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endeavor, and he is remembered with great affection by all who knew |
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and treasured him; 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 Jack Clarke, Jr., and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of |
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67 years, Virginia Clarke; to his son, Jack Clarke III and his wife, |
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Carolyn; to his granddaughters, Nicole Bilbao and her husband, |
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Raymond, and Carey Bond and her husband, Coburn; to his |
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great-grandchildren, Jack Raymond, Cole Daniel, and Carolyn |
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Nicole; to his nephew, Dr. Joseph Simpson; and to his other |
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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 Jack |
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Clarke, Jr. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1611 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 11, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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