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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Billy |
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Joe Patterson of Brookston, who passed away on February 18, 2009, at |
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the age of 76; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 23, 1932, to Sherman and Opal Patterson |
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in Lamar County, Billy Joe Patterson graduated from West Lamar High |
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School and served aboard the U.S.S. Saipan during the Korean War in |
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the early 1950s; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Patterson was employed by Babcock and Wilcox for |
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33 years; after retiring from that job in 1988, he worked for |
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Tractor Supply and Whitaker Pawn; a member of Brookston Baptist |
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Church, Mr. Patterson was an ordained minister who served |
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congregations in Fannin and Delta Counties; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, he enjoyed the love and |
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support of his wife, the former Barbara Carpenter; the couple were |
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married in 1955 and had the pleasure of welcoming two sons, Edwin |
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and James, as well as six grandchildren and a great-grandchild into |
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their family; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he is greatly missed, Billy Joe Patterson |
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leaves behind a wealth of memories that will be treasured by all |
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those who were fortunate enough to share in his company through the |
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years; 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 Billy Joe Patterson and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Barbara |
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Patterson; to his sons, Edwin Joe Patterson and James Bartley |
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Patterson and his wife, Susan; to his grandchildren, Shelton and |
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Joseph Patterson, Lesli Donaldson, and Drew, Kaitlyn, and Jacy |
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Patterson; to his great-grandson, Tony Donaldson; to his brothers, |
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L. P. "Pete" Patterson and his wife, Doris, Weldon Patterson and his |
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wife, Ellen, and Ted White and his wife, Carol; to his sisters, Faye |
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Harris and her husband, Glen, and Ann Brockway and her husband, |
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James; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Billy Joe Patterson. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 104 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 104 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the Senate on April 21, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |