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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the untimely loss of Donald Crockett of Dallas County, who passed |
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away on April 22, 2009, at the age of 57; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 6, 1951, to McNeal Crockett and |
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Nealie Prince Callier in Victoria, Donald Crockett graduated from |
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Stroman High School and earned a bachelor's degree in history from |
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Huston-Tillotson University in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Crockett worked for 31 years with the City of |
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Dallas Fire and Rescue Department and ably assisted in the agency's |
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efforts to protect the lives and property of the city's residents; |
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respected by his peers, he was a member of the Dallas Black |
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Firefighters Association and the International Association of |
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Black Professional Firefighters--South Central Region; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Crockett enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Emma; the couple spent three rewarding |
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decades together, raising two daughters, Tiffany and Shenequa, and |
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later welcoming into their family a grandson, Bryson; Mr. Crockett |
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also took comfort in his faith and played an active role in the |
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congregation at Camp Wisdom United Methodist Church in Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, Donald Crockett led a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he leaves his loved ones with many fond memories of the happy |
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time they spent in his company; 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 Donald Crockett and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Emma Ward Crockett; to his children, Tiffany and Shenequa Crockett; |
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to his grandson, Bryson Don; to his siblings, JoNell Varnado and her |
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husband, Vinon, and McNeal Crockett, Jr.; to his nephews, Derrick |
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Tate and his wife, Sabrina, Channing Ward, and Vinon P. Varnado; to |
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his nieces, Canisha Ward and Destiny Rambo; and to his other |
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relatives and many 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 Donald |
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Crockett. |
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Mallory Caraway |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2052 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 19, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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