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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 Dorsey |
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Ray Trapp of Wichita Falls, who died on May 23, 2009, at the age of |
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61; and |
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WHEREAS, Dorsey Trapp was born in Wichita Falls on November |
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2, 1947, to Willard and Virginia Cole Trapp; after graduating from |
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Hirschi High School in 1966, he attended Midwestern State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Trapp |
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joined the U.S. Navy in 1968 and served on the USS Coral Sea and the |
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USS America; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1974, Mr. Trapp married Cathy Fisher, two months |
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after he met her, and they would go on to spend 35 happy years |
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together; as they started a family, Mr. Trapp returned to school at |
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Vernon Regional Junior College and earned a degree in management; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, He won election as Wichita County district clerk in |
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1987, and he served the citizens of Wichita County for nearly three |
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decades; he shared his expertise through his work on a number of |
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committees and as an instructor in several programs at Texas A&M |
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University; he also served on the board of directors of the Texas |
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Association of Counties, and he was president of the County and |
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District Clerks Association of Texas and a member of that |
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organization's Bylaws Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, For his contributions to his profession, Mr. Trapp |
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was recognized as the Clerk of the Year, and he received the Patsy |
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Baggett Children's Service Award in 2007 for his work with juries in |
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collecting donations for Child Protective Services; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Trapp was a man of strong religious faith; he |
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belonged to the Heritage Assembly of God congregation and taught |
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Children's Church at First Assembly of God for a number of years; in |
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his leisure time, he enjoyed fishing, and he was named Bass Angler |
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of the Year in 2007 by the Christian Bass Anglers; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man and a dedicated public servant, |
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Dorsey Trapp will be deeply missed, but the integrity, optimism, |
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and generosity with which he lived his life will forever inspire all |
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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 Dorsey Ray Trapp and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Cathy Trapp; to his son, Joseph Trapp; to his daughter, |
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Jennifer Downing; to his grandsons, Kaden and Donovan Downing; to |
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his sister, Diana Sitler; 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 Dorsey |
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Trapp. |
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Farabee |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3067 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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