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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of William |
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Kelly Young of Fort Worth, who passed away on April 13, 2009, at the |
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age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, The fourth son of Marshall and Margaret Kelly Young, |
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Kelly Young was born on October 14, 1933, in Fort Worth; he went on |
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to graduate from Arlington Heights High School in 1951, and he later |
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completed a two-year tour of duty as a radar technician with the |
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United States Army; in 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in |
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geology from Washington and Lee University in Virginia; and |
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WHEREAS, The following year, Mr. Young joined his father at |
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Marshall R. Young Oil Company, where he was responsible for |
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securing leases and funding for prospects, and he became a highly |
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regarded leader within the local oil and gas industry; after their |
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father's passing in 1976, Mr. Young and his brothers continued to |
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operate their successful family business; and |
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WHEREAS, Kelly Young generously supported numerous area |
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organizations, and he was on the boards of Continental National |
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Bank, the Lena Pope Home, and the Recovery Resource Council; in |
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addition, he served as president of the Glass House, and he was a |
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member of Steeplechase, the Exchange Club of Fort Worth, the Fort |
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Worth Wildcatters, River Crest Country Club, and the Fort Worth |
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Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Outside of his professional and civic involvement, |
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Mr. Young took great pleasure in raising horses on his ranch in |
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Weatherford, and in playing golf and traveling; he also enjoyed |
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entertaining his friends and family by singing and playing the |
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piano, and he was an avid collector of Americana and Texas folk art; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Kelly Young demonstrated both confidence and |
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humility in his everyday life, and those fortunate enough to have |
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shared in his love and friendship will forever treasure their |
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memories of this caring and easygoing Texan; 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 William Kelly Young |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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children, Shannon Young Ray and her husband, Breck, Alison Young |
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and her husband, Clif Wright, William Kelly Young, Jr., and Hunter |
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Young and his wife, Amy; to his grandchildren, Breck, Peter, |
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Carson, Taylor, and Megan Ray, EvaClaire and Henry Wright, and |
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Evelyn and Eleanor Young; to his brother, George M. Young and his |
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wife, Diane; to his nieces and nephews, Margie Lilly, Kelly Ann |
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Ewin, George M. Young, Jr., Sherman Young, and Marshall Young; to |
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his 17 great-nieces and great-nephews; to his cousins, Pope Kelly |
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and Robert Young; to his godchildren, Annette Williamson and Cece |
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French Miles; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be |
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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 William |
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Kelly Young. |
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Geren |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2070 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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