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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Dr. Milton Covell, Jr., of Pasadena, who passed on March |
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20, 2009, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 29, 1917, to Milton and Alma Covell |
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in Galveston, Milton Covell began practicing optometry in the |
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Pasadena area in 1944; he and his beloved wife, Dorothy, shared a |
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marriage that spanned more than six decades, and they raised a |
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family of three children who cherish his legacy of goodness and |
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service; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Covell belonged to the Harris County Optometry |
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Society, the Texas Optometric Association, and the American |
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Optometric Association, and he had served as a director for First |
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Pasadena State Bank and Southmore Savings and Loan; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a member of the Pasadena Rotary Club for 65 |
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years and the first Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Council |
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3700; a lector, Eucharistic minister, and religious educator for |
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St. Pius Catholic Church, he also helped deliver communion to |
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homebound congregants and participated enthusiastically in the |
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Serra Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Milton Covell had a passion for books and a love for |
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the Texas beaches; he was a happy whistler and a man of the times who |
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enjoyed his computer; he will be deeply missed, but he leaves behind |
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a wealth of memories to be treasured forever by all who held him |
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dear; 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 Dr. Milton Covell, |
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Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Dorothy; to his children, Dr. Paul Covell and his wife, |
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Joan, Sue Piwonka and her husband, Mark, and Mark Covell and his |
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wife, Karen; to his grandchildren, Brian, Katie, and Michael |
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Covell, Laura Covell Anderson and her husband, Brian, Robert and |
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Alex Piwonka, and Christina and Sara Covell; to his sisters, Nora |
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Inglish and her husband, Jim, and Eleanor Gardea; 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 Dr. Milton |
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Covell, Jr. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1208 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 16, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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