SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 966

WHEREAS, The people of the Lone Star State have lost one of their most public-spirited citizens with the passing of Jim S. Sale on February 2, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Born on September 28, 1932, during the Great Depression, Mr. Sale was resourceful even as a child, delivering the Dallas Morning News and fishing in Turtle Creek in order to help his family; and

WHEREAS, Jim Sale was still a student at North Dallas High School when he joined the Air National Guard; after serving in Japan and Korea during the Korean War, he used the GI Bill to attend Southern Methodist University and earned a bachelor's degree in 1956; while in college, he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and became its president in his senior year; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Sale was engaged in the insurance industry until the 1960s, when he began a long and accomplished career as a stockbroker; he spent nearly two decades with Weber, Hall, Sale and Associates, where he held the office of executive vice president, and then, in the late 1980s, went to work for Alex. Brown & Sons, now Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, becoming director of its Dallas office shortly after joining the team; and

WHEREAS, It was important to Jim Sale that he be remembered as a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 20 years; during that time he helped hundreds of alcoholics in their own battles against that terrible addiction; he was also a lifelong Methodist, attending Oak Lawn Methodist Church as a child and becoming a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church as an adult; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Sale was an active participant in community affairs; his work with the Small Business Administration during the 1980s was a special source of personal pride, as was his involvement with the Democratic Party; he served as chair of the Small Business Council of the Democratic National Committee and as director of the Democratic Finance Council, in addition to raising funds for various political candidates; and

WHEREAS, The dynamic leadership of this esteemed Texan was also put to excellent use by such agencies as the Veterans' Land Board of Texas and the Texas Industrial Commission, as well as the Texas Criminal Justice Board, the board of the National Space Institute, and the board of the Texas A&M University College of Science; and

WHEREAS, Traveling, hunting, playing gin rummy, feeding ducks with his grandchildren, boating at Lake Texoma, and cheering for the Dallas Cowboys were some of the pastimes that brought Mr. Sale great joy; an ardent golfer and gregarious gentleman, he belonged to a number of organizations, including the Terps Club, Calyx, and the Brook Hollow Golf Club, where his good nature earned him numerous friends; and

WHEREAS, Possessed of a great heart, Jim Sale brightened immeasurably the world around him and endeavored always to improve the lot of those who were less fortunate than he was; he paved his own way in life and is greatly admired by all who had the opportunity to know him; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 80th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Jim S. Sale and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: his children, James Swift Sale, Jeffrey Leonard Sale, Leslie Allison Sale, John Smith Sale, and Jess Garrison Sale; his stepdaughters, Marjorie Querbes Briley, Elizabeth Querbes, and Mary Elizabeth Bond; his grandchildren, Emily Catherine Sale, James Drew Holderman, Matthew John Holderman, David Jeffrey Holderman, and Mary Elizabeth Sale; and his other relatives and friends; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be prepared for his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jim S. Sale. Carona

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 3, 2007, by a rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate