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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 86
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In Memory |
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of |
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Hughes Butterworth, Jr. |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of El Paso in mourning the loss of business owner and |
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philanthropist Hughes Butterworth, Jr., who died December 29, |
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2008, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Hughes Butterworth was born in Newport News, |
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Virginia, on October 3, 1931; he moved to El Paso when he was a |
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child; he graduated from Austin High School and earned a |
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bachelor's degree in biological science from Texas Western |
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College, now The University of Texas at El Paso; he was |
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recognized among the university's distinguished alumni in 1993; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, He founded Lawyers Title of El Paso in 1974 and |
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served as chief executive officer and president; he was regarded |
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as a pioneer of the land-title industry in El Paso and had trained |
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many people now working in the industry; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Butterworth was a dedicated volunteer and |
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civic leader who served on the boards of directors of numerous |
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organizations, including United Way of El Paso and the El Paso |
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Museum of History Foundation; he also served with Hospice of El |
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Paso and the American Cancer Society; he was president of the El |
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Paso County Historical Society and was recognized as Citizen of |
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the Year by the El Paso chapter of the Military Order of the World |
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Wars; and |
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WHEREAS, A lifelong Episcopalian, he lived his Christian |
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faith in his daily life and served as an elder and senior warden |
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at Saint Francis on the Hill Church; he leaves a legacy of service |
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and accomplishments that will be long remembered by all who knew |
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him; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband, father, and |
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grandfather, and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured |
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for years to come by his family and many friends; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Hughes Butterworth, Jr.: his wife, Sharon Swift |
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Butterworth; his children and their spouses, Charles Hughes |
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Butterworth, and his wife, Julie; Cynthia Anne Gallagher, and her |
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husband, Claiborne; Raymond Dale Espersen, and his wife, Lorna; |
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Carolyn ReAnn Gonzalez, and her husband, Steve; and Samuel Hughes |
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Butterworth III, and his wife, Jenny; his sister, Elizabeth |
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Seckler; his brothers, George Butterworth and John Butterworth; |
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and his seven grandchildren; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Hughes Butterworth, Jr. |
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Shapleigh |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 28, 2009, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |