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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 Roland |
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Glen Rogers of Waxahachie, who passed away on February 13, 2009, at |
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the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Waxahachie on February 5, 1927, to Steve and |
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Virgie Rogers, Roland Rogers graduated from Waxahachie High School |
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and answered his nation's call to duty with service in the U.S. Army |
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during World War II; he married the former Dorothy Boyd on December |
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24, 1946, and the couple shared 62 rewarding years together and |
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raised three children, Glenda, Vikki, and Alan; with the passing |
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years, their family grew to include seven grandchildren and two |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Rogers worked as internal manager and director |
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of maintenance for the Texas Baptist Home for Children, and his |
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career there spanned 31 years until his retirement; a longtime |
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member of Farley Street Baptist Church, he served as a deacon and |
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Sunday school teacher and sat on numerous committees, and in his |
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free time he was an avid golfer and fisherman; and |
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WHEREAS, Roland Rogers lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and though he will be greatly missed, he leaves his loved ones with |
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a wealth of fond memories of the happy times they spent in his |
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company; 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 Roland Glen Rogers and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Dorothy Rogers; to his children, Glenda Pevehouse and her husband, |
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Morris, Vikki Odom and her husband, Randy, and Alan Rogers and his |
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wife, Suzanne; to his seven grandchildren and two |
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great-grandchildren; to his sister, Margree Mitchell; to his |
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sister-in-law, Ina Shireman; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Roland |
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Rogers. |