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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Thomas Shelby Justiss of Fort Worth, who passed away on March 16, |
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2009, at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Paris, Mr. Justiss was born in 1926 to |
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Kathryn and Thomas Shelby Justiss, Sr.; active in school, church, |
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and the Boy Scouts of America, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout |
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at the age of 15; he went on to attend Paris Junior College and serve |
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his country in the Army during World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the war, he earned a bachelor's degree |
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from Texas A&M University, where he majored in structural |
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engineering and also participated in the Corps of Cadets and Ross |
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Volunteers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Justiss began his career as a field engineer for |
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the Texas Company in Port Neches; recalled to active duty in 1950, |
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he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War; he left |
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military service as a captain and settled in Fort Worth, joining the |
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staff of Texas Industries; by virtue of his hard work and diligent |
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service, he retired from the company in 1990 as a divisional vice |
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president; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Justiss was an active and faithful member of |
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St. Christopher Episcopal Church, serving the congregation as |
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church treasurer; a registered professional structural engineer, |
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he shared his time with the American Society of Civil Engineers and |
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the Texas Society of Professional Engineers; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to his family, Mr. Justiss was a loving |
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husband to his wife of 56 years, Jackie, and a devoted father to his |
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four precious daughters, Kim, Marci, Gina, and Leanne; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Thomas Justiss is deeply missed, he will |
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long be remembered with great affection by those fortunate enough |
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to have shared in the richness of his life; 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 Thomas Shelby Justiss and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Jackie |
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Justiss; to his daughters, Kim and her husband, Jerry Hunter, Marci |
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and her husband, Calvin Blankenship, Gina and her husband, Byron |
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Lancaster, and Leanne and her husband, Keith Walker; to his |
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grandchildren, Patrick Blankenship and his wife, Kailee, James and |
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Daniel Blankenship, and Katerina and Max Lancaster; and to his |
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other relatives and many 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 House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Thomas Shelby Justiss. |