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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 966
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WHEREAS, The people of the Lone Star State have lost |
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one of their most public-spirited citizens with the passing |
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of Jim S. Sale on February 2, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 28, 1932, during the Great |
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Depression, Mr. Sale was resourceful even as a child, delivering |
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the Dallas Morning News and fishing in Turtle Creek in order to |
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help his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Jim Sale was still a student at North Dallas High |
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School when he joined the Air National Guard; after serving in |
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Japan and Korea during the Korean War, he used the GI Bill to |
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attend Southern Methodist University and earned a bachelor's |
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degree in 1956; while in college, he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
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fraternity and became its president in his senior year; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sale was engaged in the insurance industry |
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until the 1960s, when he began a long and accomplished career |
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as a stockbroker; he spent nearly two decades with Weber, |
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Hall, Sale and Associates, where he held the office of executive |
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vice president, and then, in the late 1980s, went to work for |
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Alex. Brown & Sons, now Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, becoming |
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director of its Dallas office shortly after joining the team; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, It was important to Jim Sale that he be remembered |
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as a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 20 years; during |
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that time he helped hundreds of alcoholics in their own battles |
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against that terrible addiction; he was also a lifelong Methodist, |
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attending Oak Lawn Methodist Church as a child and becoming a |
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member of Highland Park United Methodist Church as an adult; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sale was an active participant in community |
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affairs; his work with the Small Business Administration during |
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the 1980s was a special source of personal pride, as was his |
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involvement with the Democratic Party; he served as chair of the |
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Small Business Council of the Democratic National Committee and |
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as director of the Democratic Finance Council, in addition to |
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raising funds for various political candidates; and |
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WHEREAS, The dynamic leadership of this esteemed Texan was |
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also put to excellent use by such agencies as the Veterans' Land |
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Board of Texas and the Texas Industrial Commission, as well as |
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the Texas Criminal Justice Board, the board of the National Space |
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Institute, and the board of the Texas A&M University College of |
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Science; and |
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WHEREAS, Traveling, hunting, playing gin rummy, feeding |
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ducks with his grandchildren, boating at Lake Texoma, and cheering |
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for the Dallas Cowboys were some of the pastimes that brought |
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Mr. Sale great joy; an ardent golfer and gregarious gentleman, |
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he belonged to a number of organizations, including the Terps |
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Club, Calyx, and the Brook Hollow Golf Club, where his good nature |
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earned him numerous friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Possessed of a great heart, Jim Sale brightened |
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immeasurably the world around him and endeavored always to |
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improve the lot of those who were less fortunate than he was; |
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he paved his own way in life and is greatly admired by all who |
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had the opportunity to know him; now, therefore, 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 life of Jim S. Sale |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: |
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his children, James Swift Sale, Jeffrey Leonard Sale, |
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Leslie Allison Sale, John Smith Sale, and Jess Garrison Sale; |
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his stepdaughters, Marjorie Querbes Briley, Elizabeth Querbes, |
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and Mary Elizabeth Bond; his grandchildren, Emily Catherine Sale, |
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James Drew Holderman, Matthew John Holderman, |
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David Jeffrey Holderman, and Mary Elizabeth Sale; |
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and 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Jim S. Sale. |
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Carona |
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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 May 3, 2007, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |