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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the tragic loss of |
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U.S. Army First Lieutenant Timothy Wayne Cunningham, who died on |
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April 23, 2008, at the age of 26; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, |
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1st Combat Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort |
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Campbell, Kentucky, Lieutenant Cunningham lost his life as a result |
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of injuries suffered during a vehicle incident in Golden Hills, |
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Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Tim Cunningham was born in Houston on January 22, |
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1982, to John and Cindy Cunningham; after spending his early years |
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in Houston, Hurst, and Rusk, he moved with his family to Alvin, |
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where he graduated from high school; and |
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WHEREAS, During his school years, this energetic and outgoing |
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young Texan served on the student council, participated in track |
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and baseball, and earned membership in the National Honor Society; |
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the son of a Baptist minister, he was also extremely involved in |
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church activities, volunteering in the community and traveling on |
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mission trips to Brazil and Mexico; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cunningham attended Texas A&M on a Navy ROTC |
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scholarship, serving as company chaplain; after a year, he decided |
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to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, John, and entered |
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the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he |
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graduated in 2006 as a first lieutenant with a degree in nuclear |
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engineering; and |
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WHEREAS, That same year he married his high school |
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sweetheart, the former Samantha Ann Morgenroth, and they were |
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blessed with a daughter, Abigail, the following year; Lieutenant |
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Cunningham went on to complete the Infantry Officer Basic Course |
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and the Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia, before joining his |
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brother in the 101st Airborne and deploying to Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family, his country, and his |
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faith, Tim Cunningham will forever be remembered by all those who |
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knew and loved him as a dedicated and compassionate young man who |
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gave everything he had to everything he did; 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 First Lieutenant |
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Timothy Wayne Cunningham and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Samantha Cunningham; to his |
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daughter, Abigail Lynn Cunningham; to his parents, John and Cindy |
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Cunningham; to his brother, Captain John David Cunningham, and his |
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wife, Jamie Lynn; to his sisters, Christy Dawn, Sara Beth, and |
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Kelsey Lynn Cunningham; to his grandparents, Wayne and Marian |
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Cunningham and Edgar and Jean Jones; to his niece and nephew, Emily |
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and T. J. Bolton; to his in-laws, Guy, Wanda, Dylan, Dakota, and |
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Savannah Skinkis and Jonathan Morgenroth; 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 Timothy |
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Wayne Cunningham. |
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Weber |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1272 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 23, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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