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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Jack Ray Stevenson of |
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Bogata were saddened by the passing of this esteemed gentleman on |
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April 13, 2009, at the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 3, 1908, to Evie and Thomas Jackson |
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Stevenson, in Red River Parish, in Louisiana, Jack Stevenson joined |
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the workforce at the age of 17, serving as a blacksmith with |
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Magnolia Oil Company; he was later transferred to Duncanville, |
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where he became a welder and pipefitter for Mobil Oil, retiring |
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after 41 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Stevenson went on to enjoy 41 years in |
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retirement; he was active in Cockrell Hill United Methodist Church |
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for nearly six decades before moving to Bogata, where he joined the |
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local First United Methodist Church and also attended Bogata |
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Missionary Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Stevenson was preceded in death by his first |
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wife, Bonnie Mae Haws Stevenson, with whom he shared 56 years; |
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fortunate to find love a second time, he married Frances Edna Jones |
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and they enjoyed 12 fulfilling years together; and |
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WHEREAS, Jack Stevenson touched the lives of many people |
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during his 100 years, and those who shared in the warmth of his love |
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and friendship will forever hold his memory close in their hearts; |
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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 Jack Ray Stevenson and extend |
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sincere sympathy to his family members: to his daughters, Melba |
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Knight and Rene Haney and her husband, Bill; to his sons, Don |
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Stevenson and his wife, Gina, and Rob Stevenson and his wife, Carol; |
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to his stepdaughters, Barbara Miller and Karen Cude and her |
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husband, Martin; to his brother, Rex Stevenson, and his wife, |
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Lillian; to his half-brothers, James and Henry Collinsworth; to his |
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daughter-in-law, Shirley Stevenson; to his many grandchildren, |
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great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; 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 House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Jack Ray Stevenson. |