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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 Stu Mitchell of Kerrville, who passed away on May 9, 2007, at the |
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age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Philadelphia on October 22, 1923, Mr. |
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Mitchell was a graduate of Southern Methodist University, where he |
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earned a master's degree; and |
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WHEREAS, He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War |
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II and attained the rank of sergeant; he subsequently enjoyed a |
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30-year career with Allstate insurance and also worked for 27 years |
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as a Realtor in Kerrville; before moving to the Hill Country in |
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1979, Mr. Mitchell lived in Lincolnshire, Illinois, where he held |
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the office of mayor; and |
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WHEREAS, He and his wife, the former Dorothy Lovinggood, were |
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married in Dallas on December 11, 1945; the couple had one child, |
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Dennis Mitchell, who passed away in 1974; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued congregant of Hunt United Methodist Church, |
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Stu Mitchell could take well-deserved pride in a long lifetime of |
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purposeful endeavor, and those fortunate enough to have 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 Stu Mitchell and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Dorothy Mitchell; to his brother, the Reverend Herbert W. Mitchell; |
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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 Stu |
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Mitchell. |