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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life came to a close with the |
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death of James Fuller Dodds of San Antonio on August 27, 2007, at |
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the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston and raised near Menard and Brady, |
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Mr. Dodds was a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where |
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he earned bachelor's degrees in both electrical and mechanical |
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engineering; while enrolled at the university, he was a member of |
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the Theta Xi fraternity and played tackle on the Longhorn football |
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team; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to service during World |
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War II, Mr. Dodds joined the U.S. Navy in 1942; he served in the |
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Pacific Theater of Operations and was part of the first liberty |
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party to land at Hiroshima at the end of the war; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dodds enjoyed a successful career with the |
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General Electric Company; working in its heavy apparatus sales |
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division, he retired as the district sales manager for the |
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company's seven-state Southwest District; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, |
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Mr. Dodds served as one of the congregation's elders; in his leisure |
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time, he was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved sharing his love |
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of the outdoors by hosting countless fishing trips to the coast; in |
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addition, he was active in the Coastal Conservation Association, |
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the San Antonio Sail and Power Squadron, and the Alamo Fly Fishers; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, James Dodds built a life that was remarkably rich in |
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family, friends, and accomplishments, and he will always be |
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remembered with great admiration and affection; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of James Fuller Dodds and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of |
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59 years, Helen Dodds; to his children, Ann Dodds Ahuero and her |
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husband, Dan, James Edwin Dodds and his wife, Debbie, Thomas Ruffin |
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Dodds and his wife, Georgine, and Daniel Farmer Dodds and his wife, |
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Eileen; to his sister, Ella Virginia Miller; to his grandchildren, |
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Dr. Jason Ahuero and his wife, Alice, Dr. Audrey Ahuero, Joey Dodds |
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and his wife, Lindsey, and Ryan, Tyler, Jake, and Matthew James |
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Dodds; to his great-granddaughter, Abigail Katherine Ahuero; to his |
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stepgrandchildren, Cliff Hill and his wife, Carrie, Jarrett Hill |
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and his wife, Jaime, and April Thomas and her husband, Jake; to his |
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step-great-grandchildren, Ally and Creston Hill; and to his other |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of James |
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Fuller Dodds. |