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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Richard |
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Earle Deweese of Bonham, who passed away on May 6, 2007, at the age |
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of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 15, 1944, to George and Marcella |
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Behrends Deweese in Fort Worth, Richard Deweese graduated from |
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Richardson High School and earned a bachelor's degree in marketing |
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from The University of Texas; during his college years, he was a |
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member of the Sigma Pi and Kappa Kappa Psi fraternities and |
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performed in the Longhorn Band; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Deweese married Jayne Gay Jackson, and the |
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couple shared 15 rewarding years together before Mrs. Deweese's |
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death in 2003; Mr. Deweese was the father of three sons, Blake, |
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Perry, and Kenneth, and took great pride in their achievements; and |
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WHEREAS, In his professional life, Mr. Deweese worked as a |
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sales representative for Matthews Marketing Products; in addition, |
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he was a retired staff sergeant in the Texas Air National Guard and |
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was instrumental in the founding of the Armed Forces Day |
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celebration in Fannin County; an elder at First Christian Church, |
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he served as choir director, as Sunday school teacher, and as a |
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member and former chair of the church board; he was also active in |
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The University of Texas Alumni Band Association and was a longtime |
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member of the Handley Masonic Lodge; and |
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WHEREAS, Richard Deweese led a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by all those who |
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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 Richard Earle Deweese |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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sons, Blake, Perry, and Kenneth Deweese; to his sister, Diana Sue |
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Kerns, and her husband, George; to his mother-in-law, Mary |
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Elizabeth "Kitty" Jackson; to his nieces, Katherine Kerns, Audra |
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Riopelle, and Linda Smith; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Richard |
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Deweese. |