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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of John H. |
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Hanna of Paris, Texas, who died on February 18, 2009, at the age of |
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72; and |
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WHEREAS, John Hanna was born in New Boston on September 22, |
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1936, to John W. and Margie Hanna; he graduated from New Boston High |
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School in 1956 and he later earned an associate's degree in law |
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enforcement from Tyler Junior College; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1959, Mr. Hanna began a long career with the Texas |
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Department of Public Safety; he was posted first to Beaumont and |
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later transferred to Dallas and Tyler; promoted to sergeant, he |
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established the first sergeant station in Paris in 1973; he retired |
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in 1992, after serving the people of Texas for 33 years; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated officer was also a member of the Army |
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National Guard unit in Honey Grove, serving 10 months of active duty |
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at Fort Polk, Louisiana, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, from |
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October 1961 to September 1962; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith, Mr. Hanna was a |
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valued member of Oak Park United Methodist Church, teaching the |
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Gleaners Sunday School class, greeting his fellow parishioners at |
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the door every Sunday, and visiting families in times of illness or |
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grief; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hanna loved fishing, camping, and golfing, and |
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every winter he made new friends from among the visitors to the |
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Lakefront Lodge campground in Zapata; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted father and grandfather and a faithful |
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friend, John Hanna was beloved by all who knew him, and although he |
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is no longer with us, the memory of his kindness and his zest for |
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life will live forever in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of John H. Hanna and extend sincere |
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condolences to the members of his family: to his wife, Betty Hanna; |
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to his daughters, Johnna Lynn Weaver and her husband, Keith, and |
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Joanie Richter and her husband, Kim; to his grandchildren, Brandon |
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Weaver and Kylene, Katie, and Cameron Richter; to Adam Spencer; to |
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his brothers, Frank Garner Hanna and his wife, Myra, Porter Hanna, |
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and Gary Dale Hanna and his wife, Christina; to his sister-in-law, |
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Dorothy Riley, and her husband, Tony; to his brother-in-law, Hoyt |
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Kestler, and his wife, Reba; to his godson, Shane Ross; and to his |
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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 and House of |
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Representatives adjourn this day, they do so in memory of John H. |
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Hanna. |