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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyous times, loving |
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moments, and meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the |
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family and friends of William Edmund Cross of Bonham, who passed |
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away on April 10, 2007, at the age of 71; and |
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WHEREAS, The descendant of pioneers who settled in Fannin |
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County shortly after Texas joined the Union, Mr. Cross was born in |
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Bonham on May 26, 1935; he graduated from Dodd City High School and |
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attended Paris Junior College and Grayson County College; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cross served in the U.S. Army at Fort Carson, |
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Colorado, for two years; he later worked as an electrician for |
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General Cable, retiring in 1996 after more than 36 years of service; |
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in his leisure time, he enjoyed working on cars and performing small |
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engine repair; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was a valued congregant of Ector |
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United Methodist Church, where he served as chairman of the |
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financial committee and held various positions on the church board; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A loving husband and father, Edmund Cross married |
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the former Evelyn L. Henson at New Hope Methodist Church near |
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Ivanhoe on June 8, 1963; the couple became the proud parents of a |
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daughter, Kimberly, and enjoyed a rewarding union of nearly 44 |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, Edmund Cross touched and enriched the lives of |
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countless members of the Bonham community, and those who shared in |
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his love and friendship will forever hold him close in their hearts; |
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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 William Edmund Cross |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Evelyn Cross; to his daughter, Kimberly Cross; to his sister, |
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Ruth Emily Sheer, and her husband, Donnie; to his brother-in-law, |
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James Henson, and his wife, Edith; to his sister-in-law, Robbie |
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Fox, and her husband, Jimmy; to his cousin, Warren Culbertson; to |
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his nephews, Tom Sheer and his wife, Julie, and Jim Sheer; and to |
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his other relatives and many 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 William |
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Edmund Cross. |