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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Army Specialist James |
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Lee Adair of Carthage suffered an immeasurable loss with the death |
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of this valiant soldier in Iraq on June 29, 2007, at the age of 26; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry |
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Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, |
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based at Fort Riley, Kansas, Specialist Adair lost his life while |
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bravely serving his country in Baghdad; and |
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WHEREAS, Lee Adair was born on November 16, 1980, in Cameron |
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County and grew up in Carthage, where he was a member of American |
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Legion Post No. 353; in 2006, he married the former Chelsea Nation, |
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and at the time of his passing, he eagerly awaited the birth of his |
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first child, Avery Lee; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and enormous |
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sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest respect |
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and gratitude; through his unwavering dedication to duty and honor, |
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James Lee Adair embodied the highest ideals of the United States |
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Army, and memories of his love and friendship will forever be |
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cherished by all those who held him dear; 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 memory of U.S. Army Specialist James |
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Lee Adair and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Chelsea Adair; to his daughter, Avery Lee Adair; to his |
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father, Jimmy Adair; to his mother, Risa Adair; to his sister, |
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Amanda Townsend; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, |
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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 Specialist |
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James Lee Adair. |