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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Herbert L. Young of Gilmer on |
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February 14, 2009, at the age of 87, has brought a tremendous loss |
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to his family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Gilmer, Mr. Young was born on December |
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31, 1921, to D. A. and Tressie Bennett Young; he attended East Texas |
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State Teachers College and joined the United States Navy after the |
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bombing of Pearl Harbor, serving his country with distinction in |
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the Pacific during World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, Mr. Young joined his |
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parents as a partner in D. A. Young Grocery and later worked in the |
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engineering department at Lone Star Steel; in 1966, he purchased |
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the Gilmer Gulf Oil distributorship and went on to acquire the |
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Mineola distributorship, which he ran until his retirement in 1983; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Young served his community as a member of the |
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Gilmer ISD School Board, and he was active in the local First |
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Baptist Church where he was a member of The Workers Sunday School |
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class; a lifelong cattle rancher, he also enjoyed hunting, fishing, |
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and cheering on the Gilmer Buckeyes; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, he was a loving father to his |
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five children, Andy, Sammy, Virginia, and the late Mari and Jimmy |
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Young; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he will be greatly missed, memories of |
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Herbert Young will long endure in the hearts of all those whose |
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lives he touched; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the life of Herbert L. Young and extend |
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deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his children, Andy |
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Young, Sammy Young and his wife, Shanis, and Virginia Goudarzi; to |
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his grandchildren, Krissy Harle and her husband, Ross, Damon Young |
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and his wife, Missy, Mitchell Young and his wife, Analisa, Chane |
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Young, Marty Young and his wife, Megan, Natalie Dixon and her |
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husband, Chad, Alise Nolan and her husband, Scott, Brent Goudarzi |
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and his wife, Leslie, and Shawn Goudarzi and his wife, Gayle; to his |
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15 great-grandchildren, Ilissa, Bethany, and Audrey Nolan, Shelby, |
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Brandon, Jacob, Graham, Will, and Addison Young, Dain, Zoe, and |
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Alexis Goudarzi, Carter and Jimmy Cole Dixon, and Colette Nicole |
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Harle; and to his other 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 Herbert L. |
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Young. |