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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family were greatly saddened by the loss |
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of Hobbs Williams of Hawkins, who passed away on April 22, 2009, at |
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the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 2, 1923, in Sulphur Springs, Hobbs |
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Williams was the son of Byron and Lorena Williams; he attended The |
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University of Texas on a baseball scholarship and had the |
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opportunity to play in the inaugural College World Series, where he |
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helped his team by hitting a grand-slam home run; his college |
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studies were interrupted by service as a bombardier in the U.S. Army |
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Air Forces during World War II, but he returned to UT to earn a |
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bachelor's degree in 1948 and a master's degree in education the |
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following year; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Williams married the former Doris Carolyn Dietze |
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in 1947, and the couple later moved to Kerens; in 1956, they both |
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accepted teaching positions in the Grand Prairie Independent School |
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District; Mr. Williams went on to spend 30 years with the district, |
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retiring as its superintendent in 1986; his exceptional career was |
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recognized by Grand Prairie ISD in 2008, when Hobbs Williams |
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Elementary was named in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan moved to Hawkins with his wife |
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shortly after his retirement, and he became an active member of |
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First United Methodist Church, the Hawkins Chamber of Commerce, the |
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Veterans Memorial Association, and the Lake Hawkins Homeowners |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Hobbs Williams was a man of great skill and |
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dedication, and his legacy of service to his country, to his family, |
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and to students in the Grand Prairie community will long resonate |
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with those who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be |
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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 Hobbs Williams and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Doris Carolyn Williams; to his children, Byron Leroy Williams and |
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Linda Crabtree and her husband, Bill; 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 Hobbs |
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Williams. |