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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Frank |
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Weaver of Paris, Texas, who passed away on April 29, 2009, at the |
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age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, Frank Weaver was born on August 20, 1908, to Calvin |
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and Maud Meeks Weaver in Lamar County; he married the love of his |
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life, the former Evelyn Campbell, in 1934, and the couple raised two |
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daughters, Carolyn and Kay; through the years, they welcomed into |
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their family five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Weaver owned and operated the Texas Furniture |
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Store for 43 years before retiring in 1987, and he served as a |
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director of the Retail Furniture Association; very active in his |
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community, he was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Elks Lodge, a |
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Gideon for 43 years, and a member of the Kiwanis for 50 years; |
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moreover, he was a longtime congregant of First Presbyterian |
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Church, where he served as an elder, trustee, and treasurer; in his |
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leisure time, he and Mrs. Weaver enjoyed traveling, and they had the |
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opportunity to visit many memorable sites around the world; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted man of faith and family throughout his |
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long and rewarding life, Frank Weaver will be forever remembered |
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with great admiration and affection by all those who held him dear; |
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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 Frank Weaver and extend sincere |
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sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Evelyn Weaver; |
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to his daughters, Carolyn Williams and her husband, George, and Kay |
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McClure and her husband, Allen; to his grandchildren, Cindy |
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Huddleston and her husband, Tommy, David McClure and his wife, |
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Tracey, Steven McClure and his wife, Jenny, and Jill McClure and her |
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fiance, Brian Genovese; to his great-grandchildren, Micah |
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Huddleston and his wife, Tina, and Jordan, Scott, Caden, and Will |
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McClure; and to his 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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Frank Weaver. |