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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 Jason |
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Lee Hightower of Winnsboro, who died on March 20, 2009, at the age |
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of 37; and |
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WHEREAS, Jason Hightower was born in Huntsville on March 30, |
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1971, to Don and Patricia Hightower; he was a graduate of Winnsboro |
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High School and Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, A broadcaster from the age of 16, Mr. Hightower went |
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on to buy radio station KMOO in Mineola in 1998; he was committed to |
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the idea of a locally owned and operated radio station that was |
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engaged with its community; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hightower was also actively engaged in civic |
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affairs, serving as the master of ceremonies for many local events, |
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including chamber of commerce banquets, spelling bees, and hay |
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shows; he served on the boards of the Wood County Junior Livestock |
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Market Show, Mineola Development, Inc., and the Brazos Valley |
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chapter of the American Heart Association, and he had served as |
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board chair for the Texas Association of Broadcasters and as board |
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president for the Brazos Valley Food Bank; and |
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WHEREAS, This caring gentleman also participated in the |
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Children's Miracle Network fund-raiser and served on the CMN |
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advisory board for Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics; he |
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was the Radio MASH event director and community liaison for the |
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annual toy drive in Bryan-College Station, and he was a member of |
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the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Quitman; |
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moreover, he was recognized as the 2009 Humanitarian of the Year by |
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the Mineola Area Chamber of Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father, Jason Hightower |
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dedicated himself to his family and his community, and though his |
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life ended far too soon, the memory of his generosity and enthusiasm |
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will forever occupy a treasured place in the hearts of those who |
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knew and loved him; 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 Jason Lee Hightower |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Ingrid Hightower; to his children, Brazos, Wyatt, and Halee |
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Grace Hightower; to his parents, Don and Patricia Hightower; to his |
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grandparents, Dorothea Hightower and Horace Ray and Thelma Lewis; |
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to his sister, Amy Hightower; to his sisters-in-law, Erricka Walton |
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and Aleasha Smith; to his mother- and father-in-law, Hans and Karen |
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Hansen; 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 Jason Lee |
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Hightower. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2115 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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