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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Business and civic leader Gene Allen of Kerrville |
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was appointed to the Texas Funeral Service Commission by Governor |
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Rick Perry in February 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving a six-year term that will end in 2015, |
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Mr. Allen will help to oversee the licensing of funeral directors |
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and embalmers; members of the commission also enforce compliance |
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with state regulations concerning funeral homes, cemeteries, and |
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crematories; and |
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WHEREAS, After 20 years in the oil and gas industry in West |
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Texas, Mr. Allen began working in the funeral industry in |
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Levelland; he took ownership of the Kerrville Funeral Home in 2001; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding professional has served as |
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president of the Hill Country Funeral Directors Association and |
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director of the South Central Region of the Texas Funeral Directors |
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Association; he has also served on the membership resource |
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committee of the National Funeral Directors Association, and he is |
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a member of the Funeral Ethics Association, the American Society of |
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Embalmers, and the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Allen also has a distinguished history of |
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service to his community; he was a Levelland city councilman for |
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three terms, and in Kerrville he has served as president of the |
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Kerrville Host Lions Club and as a board member of the Haven in the |
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Texas Hill Country Alzheimer's care center, the K'Star Youth |
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Shelter, and the Hill Country chapter of the American Red Cross, |
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among other organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, The oversight of the funeral industry in Texas |
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relies on the service of dedicated and public-spirited individuals, |
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and Gene Allen has long proven himself to be an outstanding member |
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of his profession and a leader in his community; 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 congratulate Gene Allen on his appointment to |
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the Texas Funeral Service Commission and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Allen as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |