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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of J. B. |
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Lowry of Paris, Texas, who passed away on December 26, 2008, at the |
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age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Clovis and Inis Campbell Lowry on October |
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15, 1927, J. B. Lowry grew up in Mount Vernon, where he lived until |
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he answered his nation's call to duty and enlisted in the U.S. Navy; |
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while stationed in California, he met and married the former Cletta |
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Bates, with whom he raised four children and shared 61 fulfilling |
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years of matrimony; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Lowry returned to Mount Vernon after his naval |
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service and worked a series of odd jobs before beginning work as a |
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salesman for a local Chevrolet dealership in 1949; some two decades |
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later, he moved his family to Paris and opened Lowry Chevrolet, |
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which he owned and operated for 38 years; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to being a successful businessman, Mr. |
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Lowry was a member of Central Presbyterian Church and a winner of |
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numerous accolades for his community involvement; he was named the |
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1995 Citizen of the Year by the Paris Police Department, received |
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the Paul Harris Fellowship and the 2006-2007 Lion of the Year Awards |
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for his service to the Paris Noon Lions Club, and he earned a |
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Lifetime Membership award from the Lamar County Crime Stoppers in |
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2002 for his active participation; he was also a past Master of |
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Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge No. 691 and current Worthy Patron of |
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Paris Chapter No. 5 Order of the Eastern Star; moreover, this |
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esteemed Texan was selected for the Boys and Girls Club of Red River |
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Valley Wall of Honor in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, J. B. Lowry touched the lives of countless people |
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during his years on this earth, and memories of him will forever |
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hold a treasured place in the hearts of his loved ones; 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 J. B. Lowry and extend sincere |
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sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Cletta Lowry; to |
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his children, Tina Anderson and her husband, Mike, Tim Lowry and his |
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wife, De, Gina Lowry and her husband, Chris Morphis, and Mark Lowry; |
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to his grandchildren, Christi George and her husband, Aaron, |
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Elizabeth Carter and her husband, Jay, Stephanie Kirk and her |
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husband, Kendal, Catherine Peralta and her husband, Jose, John |
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Lowry and his wife, Adrianne, Jason Burress, Amanda Wilhite, and |
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Letta Hines; to his 11 great-grandchildren; and to his other |
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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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J. B. Lowry. |