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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Houston lost a brave and committed |
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public servant with the death of Alvin native Damion Jon Hobbs on |
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April 12, 2009, at the age of 30; and |
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WHEREAS, A recent graduate of the Houston Fire Department Val |
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Jahnke Training Facility, Mr. Hobbs was a probationary firefighter |
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for Station 26 and one of two firemen who lost their lives in the |
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line of duty while responding to a residential fire in southeast |
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Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hobbs was born on December 24, 1978, and raised |
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in Alvin; he graduated from Alvin High School in 1998 and went on to |
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serve his country as a member of the U.S. Army; during a decade of |
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service, he completed two tours in Iraq and achieved the rank of |
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staff sergeant; he left the military to pursue his lifelong dream of |
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becoming a firefighter; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for his generosity and kindness, Damion Hobbs |
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exemplified the highest ideals of his profession; he was a |
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dedicated patriot and a beloved member of the brotherhood of |
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firefighters, and memories of him will forever be cherished by all |
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those whose 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 pay tribute to the life of Damion Jon Hobbs and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his father, |
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Jon Hobbs; to his mother, Joyce Webb; to the love of his life, |
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Crystal Marin; to his sisters, Janice DeShazer and her husband, |
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Tim, Tammy Hobbs, and Shiela Hobbs; to his grandmother, Ruth |
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Johnson; to his stepsister, Danielle Moon; to his stepbrother, Levi |
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Webb; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 Damion |
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Hobbs. |