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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 51
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In Memory |
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of |
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Dr. James David Gossett |
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Pauline Beverly Gossett |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the lives of Dr. James David Gossett and |
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Pauline Beverly Gossett, who were highly esteemed community |
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leaders in Rankin and Upton County; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. James D. Gossett died on August 2, 2006, and |
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Pauline Gossett died on November 6, 2006; they were married for |
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46 years; and |
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WHEREAS, James Gossett was born in Garza County on |
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September 16, 1924; he served in the Army during World War II; he |
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earned his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical |
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Branch in 1948 and opened Gossett Clinic in Rankin in 1952; he |
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attended to the medical needs of the citizens of Rankin and |
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McCamey for 44 years and was noted for the high standards he set |
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in caring for his patients; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Gossett was a strong supporter of education in |
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his community; he served for more than 30 years on the board of |
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trustees of the Rankin Independent School District, including 20 |
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years of service as board president; he was a member of the Red |
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Devil Booster Club and served as the football team's physician |
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for 44 years; he was a longtime member of the Lions Club and |
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served as chairman of the Republican Party of Upton County for |
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many years; and |
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WHEREAS, Pauline Beverly Thompson was born on April 9, 1924, |
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in Marshalltown, Iowa; she earned a degree from Saint Barnabas |
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College of Nursing and worked for many years as an obstetrics nurse |
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in Odessa; she also often assisted her husband in his office |
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practice; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of many talents, Pauline Gossett was |
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especially noted for her artistic skills and her culinary |
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expertise; she was instrumental in establishing the Beta Sigma |
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Phi Sorority in Rankin and was named the sorority's Woman of the |
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Year; she was honored by the Upton County Historical Society for |
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her many contributions to the Rankin community; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. James Gossett and Pauline Gossett genuinely |
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cared for the welfare and happiness of others and earned the |
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admiration and respect of all who knew them; and |
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WHEREAS, They were devoted parents and grandparents, and |
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they will long be remembered with affection and appreciation by |
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all who were privileged to share in their lives; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the lives of |
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Dr. James David Gossett and Pauline Beverly Gossett and |
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extend sincere condolences to their bereaved family: |
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their children, Anne Hamilton and her husband, Dan; the |
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Honorable Tom Gossett and his wife, Linda; Bryan Gossett and his |
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wife, Nancy; Kitty Sue Proctor and her husband, Ray; Linda Ann Tucker; |
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Jamie Dee Senter and her husband, Dr. Paul Senter; and their 15 |
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grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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their family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so |
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in memory of Dr. James David Gossett and Pauline Beverly Gossett. |
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Duncan |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2007, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |