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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Charles |
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R. Grimes of Paris, Texas, who passed away on May 5, 2009, at the age |
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of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime businessman and a typewriter mechanic by |
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trade, Mr. Grimes was a member of First Baptist Church and a |
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participant in its Sunday school class; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Grimes married the former Ruth Joan Rhoades in |
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1950, and together the couple raised three children, Richard, Pam, |
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and Sharon; after his wife's passing in 1968, Mr. Grimes had the |
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good fortune to find love a second time and in 1970 was joined in |
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matrimony to the former Joan Bishop; and |
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WHEREAS, Charles Grimes lived a full and purposeful life that |
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was enriched by his family and his faith, and he will be deeply |
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missed by all those who held him dear; 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 memory of Charles R. Grimes and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Joan |
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Bishop Grimes; to his children, Richard Grimes and his wife, Connie |
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Chamberlin, Pam Tribble and her husband, Ron, and Sharon Bell and |
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her husband, Bruce; to his grandsons, Michael Tribble and his wife, |
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Sarah, Larry Kyle Tribble and his wife, Renae, and Joshua Tribble; |
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to his great-grandson, Gavin Tribble; to his sister, Jean |
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Pendleton; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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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Charles Grimes. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 247 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 25, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 247 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the Senate on June 1, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |