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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The friends and family of Waxahachie resident Joseph |
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Edmund Lane were deeply saddened by his passing on January 15, 2009, |
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at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Lone Star State, Mr. Lane was born on |
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October 15, 1928, in Wichita Falls, where he attended the Academy of |
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Mary Immaculate and Reagan High School; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Lane served a notable 37-year tenure with |
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Texaco; he joined the company in 1951, and he worked as a pipeliner, |
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station operator, and station supervisor before his retirement in |
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1988; and |
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WHEREAS, Joseph Lane lived a rewarding and purposeful life, |
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and memories of time spent in his company will be forever treasured |
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by all who had the good fortune to know 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 Joseph Edmund Lane and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Doris; to his children, Joel and Kaye Lane, Danny and Sandy Lane, |
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Connie and Sam Boone, Andy and Janice Lane, Steve and Lisa Lane, |
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Valerie and Rex McCallister, and Teena and Darrell Moore; to the |
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mother of his children, Marcella Lane; to his 17 grandchildren and |
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eight great-grandchildren; to his stepchildren, Jay Lee and Sharon |
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Beck, Cindy and Steve Buchanan, and Gerald and Natalie Beck; to his |
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eight step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren; to |
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his brother, C. L. Lane; to his sister-in-law, Mrs. James Lane; and |
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to his other relatives and many 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 Joseph |
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Edmund Lane. |