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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of John Fullerton Sammons of Temple, who passed away on |
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March 3, 2009, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Georgia, Mr. Sammons was born on August |
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12, 1922, to Ulmont Bransford Sammons and Emma Lizzie Fullerton |
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Sammons; he earned his bachelor's degree with honors from the |
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University of Georgia, where he was active in numerous campus clubs |
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and organizations, including ROTC, through which he became |
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commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Army; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sammons was a procurement officer stationed at |
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Fort Hood when he made a trip to Temple to buy supplies and found |
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himself at a hardware store owned by the father of the woman who |
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would become his wife; his diary recounts that he knew from the |
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first moment they met that Marilyn Laramey was the girl he would |
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someday marry; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving in the European theater during World War II |
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as a lieutenant in the 3rd Army under the command of General George |
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S. Patton, Mr. Sammons was part of the second wave of soldiers to |
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arrive at Omaha Beach; he left a detailed written legacy of the |
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battles fought, friends lost, and challenges faced, and the shared |
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experiences of war created a lasting bond between him and his fellow |
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soldiers; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, he married Marilyn |
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Laramey on August 3, 1946, at Grace Presbyterian Church, a |
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congregation he later served as an elder, Sunday school teacher, |
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and church treasurer; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sammons joined the family business and |
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eventually became the president and co-owner of Temple Supply |
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Company; active in local affairs, he was a Mason, a member of the |
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Kiwanis Club, and a Shriner for more than 50 years; he also served |
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as vice president of the Temple Jaycees and the Temple Chamber of |
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Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known John Sammons |
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will remember his enduring love of his family, his community, and |
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his country, and although he will be deeply missed, his legacy will |
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live on in the hearts of those whose lives he so richly blessed; |
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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 memory of John Fullerton |
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Sammons and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Marilyn Sammons; to his son, John F. |
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Sammons, Jr.; to his daughter, Lynn Sammons Darst; to his five |
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grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; 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 John |
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Sammons. |