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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Avalon lost two beloved residents with |
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the passing of James Kenneth Wilson on February 23, 2009, and his |
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wife, Nannie Armstrong Wilson, on February 22, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Married on July 10, 1941, this esteemed couple |
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shared more than six decades together and were blessed with three |
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sons, Jimmy, Joe, and Jerry, as well as seven grandchildren and six |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Wilson, a native of Avalon, was born on January |
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2, 1922, to Robert and Nora Wilson; he served his country as a |
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member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was a |
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farmer and rancher; an active member of the Masonic Lodge of |
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Chambers Creek and the Lions Club of Avalon, he also served his |
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community as a member of the Avalon ISD Board of Trustees and the |
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Ellis County Appraisal District; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 6, 1923, in Byrd, Mrs. Wilson was the |
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daughter of Samuel and Nancy Armstrong; she graduated from Ennis |
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High School, where she was a member of the girls' state championship |
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basketball team of 1941; she enjoyed spending time with her family |
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and fellowship with her fellow members of the Order of the Eastern |
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Star and the Baptist Women's Auxiliary; brought together in faith, |
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she and her husband were dedicated members of the First Baptist |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson set an outstanding example of |
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citizenship and family devotion throughout their time on this |
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earth, and though they will be deeply missed, they will always be |
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remembered with love and admiration; 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 special tribute to the lives of James |
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Kenneth Wilson and Nannie Armstrong Wilson and extend sincere |
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sympathy to the members of their family: to their sons, Jimmy |
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Wilson, Joe Wilson and his wife, Norma, and Jerry Wilson and his |
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wife, Charlotte; to their grandchildren, Jamie, Julie, Jeremy, |
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Jason, Jerod, and Justin Wilson, and Jenny Wilson Page; to their six |
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great-grandchildren; and to their other relatives and 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 their family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of James |
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Kenneth Wilson and Nannie Armstrong Wilson. |
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Pitts |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2650 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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