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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Robert Kevin |
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Housley of Christoval, who died on April 20, 2008, at the age of 45; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Kevin Housley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on |
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July 30, 1962, to Bob and Mona Housley; he graduated from Central |
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High School in San Angelo in 1980 and went on to earn a degree at |
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Angelo State University, where he met his future wife, Vicki |
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McKinney; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his graduation from ASU, Mr. Housley was |
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part of the gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Representative Tom |
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Loeffler and then served as a staff member for Governor Bill |
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Clements; he later worked for U.S. Representative Dick Armey; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1986, Mr. Housley joined his father's business, |
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Housley Communications, in San Angelo; he held the position of |
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executive vice president and was responsible for the company's |
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day-to-day operations; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Housley was an active member of his community |
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and contributed to the boards of West Texas Boys Ranch, Angelo Civic |
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Theatre, Sonrisas Therapeutic Riding, and the Texas Maine-Anjou |
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Association; moreover, his interest in public service inspired him |
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to serve on the school board of the Christoval Independent School |
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District and to seek election to the Texas House of |
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Representatives; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith, Mr. Housley was a |
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certified lay speaker for the United Methodist Church and was a |
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board member for St. Luke UMC and the Concho Country Emmaus |
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Community; and |
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WHEREAS, Kevin Housley was a devoted husband and a loving |
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father who put his wife and children at the center of his life, |
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taking great pride in their accomplishments and enthusiastically |
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supporting their activities; although he was taken much too soon, |
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the memory of this gregarious and joyful man will live forever in |
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the hearts of all who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be 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 Robert Kevin Housley |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Vicki Housley; to his children, Jessica Housley and |
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Christopher Housley; to his parents, Robert and Mona Housley; to |
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his sisters, Cindee Tommee Woods and Kay Brown; to his nieces and |
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nephews, Symphony, Sammy, and Krishawna; to his grandfather, Hal |
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Addison; to his aunts and uncles, Donna Fuqua, Kay and Jerry Hunter, |
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Tucker and Virginia Housley, Deborah and Bruce Angel, Peggy and |
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Thomas Northern, Joanne and Bob Imboden, and Eddie and Marsha |
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Housley; and to his other relatives and many 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Robert |
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Kevin Housley. |