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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Sean Michael DuBose |
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sustained an immeasurable loss with his untimely death on March 28, |
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2007, at the age of 23; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to the late Major William T. DuBose and Judith |
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Ann Cushman DuBose on February 13, 1984, in Arlington, Mr. DuBose |
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graduated in 2002 from the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen; he |
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earned a bachelor's degree in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma, |
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where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order; and |
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WHEREAS, An Eagle Scout, Mr. DuBose was employed with the Boy |
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Scouts of America as a district scout executive; he was a valued |
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congregant of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the |
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Knights of Columbus in Baytown; in addition, he was a member of |
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Masonic Lodge No. 539 AF & AM in Moore, Oklahoma, and the Hejaz |
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Shrine Temple in Greenville, South Carolina; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired by all who knew him, Sean DuBose strove to |
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meet the highest standards of character and conduct; he had already |
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demonstrated a remarkable ability to act decisively in a crisis, |
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having rescued a woman and her baby from an overturned vehicle when |
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he was only 15; and |
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WHEREAS, He was also exceptionally accomplished in judo; a |
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former collegiate All-American, he won national titles while |
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competing from childhood through college; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. DuBose was truly an outstanding young man, and |
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he will forever be held close in the hearts of his family and |
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friends; 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 Sean Michael DuBose |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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mother, Judith DuBose; to his fiancé, Catherine Franklin; to his |
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aunts and uncles, Peter Cushman and his wife, Leslie, Lieutenant |
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Colonel (Retired) C. Benjamin DuBose and his wife, Meg, and |
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Katherine DuBose Bumgarner and her husband, Greg; to his |
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grandparents, Charles and Betty DuBose; to his cousins, Savannah |
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and Madeleine Cushman, Marie and David DuBose, and Zachary and |
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Caleb Bumgarner; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, |
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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 Sean |
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DuBose. |