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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 Herbert Hugh Campbell of Paris, who passed away on April 14, |
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2009, at the age of 69; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell was a Paris native, born to Cora |
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Virginia and Louis Campbell on April 26, 1939; he was a member of |
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the 1951 state champion Little League baseball team and the 1955 |
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District 9AA varsity state championship baseball team; he lettered |
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in football, basketball, and baseball at Paris High School and was a |
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member of the National Honor Society and the 1957 |
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all-district/all-state football team; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1957, Mr. Campbell enrolled at Texas A&M |
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University, where he was active in the Corps of Cadets, earning the |
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rank of company commander his senior year; he also joined the Ross |
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Volunteers, the honor guard for the governor of the State of Texas, |
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and was a student trainer for both the Aggie basketball and football |
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teams, including a year as trainer for Coach Bear Bryant; and |
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WHEREAS, After graduating with a bachelor's degree in |
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petroleum engineering in 1961, Mr. Campbell was commissioned as a |
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second lieutenant in the United States Army, participating in the |
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rebuilding of Korea after the war; following his service, he worked |
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for Gulf Oil Company as a petroleum engineer and then as an |
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executive of Reserve Equipment Service Corporation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell returned to Paris in 1986 as the |
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director of city utilities; in addition to overseeing the expansion |
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of both the water and sewer treatment plants for the community, he |
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taught water utility calculation classes throughout the state for |
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others in the water industry, and he created magic shows for |
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teaching schoolchildren about water conservation; his public |
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career ended with his retirement in 2004, but he continued to |
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contribute as a member of the Paris Water Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, An active volunteer and supporter of youth and adult |
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sports, Mr. Campbell was president of the board of the Boys Club of |
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Paris, receiving the group's Wall of Honor Award in 2001; he became |
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involved with the Adult Special Olympics in 2005 and found great joy |
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working with each athlete; he also served as the head of delegation |
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for the Lamar County Contenders; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell maintained a lifelong interest in |
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education, local affairs, and his alma mater; he was president of |
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the East Texas Regional School of Tyler and a Rotarian, and he |
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belonged to the Paris Noon Optimist Club, where he was co-chair of |
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the 1986-1987 Raymond Berry Football Classic; in addition, he |
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enjoyed his affiliation with the Lamar County A&M Club, serving as |
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its president from 1987 to 1988, and was involved in the Texas A&M |
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Letterman's Association and the Association of Former Students |
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Century Club; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of First United Methodist Church, Mr. |
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Campbell was a loving family man who placed civic responsibility |
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above personal interest, and though he will be deeply missed, he |
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will always be remembered with great affection and admiration; now, |
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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 Herbert Hugh Campbell and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Mary Ann |
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Campbell; to his daughter, Rebecca Anne Campbell, to his |
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son-in-law, Chester Page; to his stepdaughter, Rebecca Ann Waldron, |
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to his son-in-law, Sean Robert Waldron; to his grandchildren, |
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August Rain and Patrick Clover Waldron and Ariah Lee Holland-Page; |
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to his sisters, Phyllis Jean Locke and her husband, Weldon, and |
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Carol Ann Dollins and her husband, George; to his brother, Richard |
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Louis Campbell; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be |
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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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Herbert Hugh Campbell. |