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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 451
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In Memory |
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Jack Quarles Whitley |
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of Jack |
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Quarles Whitley of Burleson, who passed away on February 22, |
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2009, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 28, 1920, to Eula Quarles and |
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William Elmo Whitley in Elkhart, Jack Whitley received his early |
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education at the Masonic Home and School of Texas in Fort Worth, |
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where he played on the Mighty Mites football team under legendary |
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coach Rusty Russell; he attended Lon Morris College and then |
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Stephen F. Austin State University until answering his nation's |
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call to duty during World War II; he served in the Army Air Force |
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Reserve as the captain of a bomber crew on Okinawa; remaining on |
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active duty until 1952, he helped coach the Carswell Air Force |
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Base football team to a national service championship in 1951; |
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his service in the reserve extended until the late 1960s, when he |
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retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Whitley became the football coach at the |
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Masonic Home and School in 1952, and he remained there for |
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approximately 10 years; he later oversaw the team at Fort Worth |
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Polytechnic High School and was then appointed superintendent of |
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the Tarrant County Children's Home; he subsequently returned to |
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the Masonic Home and School to serve as superintendent and |
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finally worked as a probation officer until his retirement in |
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1996; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father, Mr. Whitley enjoyed |
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the love and support of his wife, the former Durstyne Moore, with |
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whom he shared more than six decades, until her passing in 2004; |
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the couple were blessed with three daughters, Donna, Karla, and |
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Jackie, and had the pleasure of welcoming six grandchildren and |
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five great-grandchildren into their family; and |
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WHEREAS, Jack Whitley will be greatly missed by all who |
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knew him, but he leaves behind a wealth of memories that will be |
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treasured for years to come by those privileged to share in the |
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richness of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Jack Quarles |
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Whitley and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his daughters, Donna Jones and her husband, Johnny, Karla |
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Purcell and her husband, Robert, and Jackie Patridge Stewart and |
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her husband, Bernie; to his grandchildren, Kelsey Jones Parnell |
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and her husband, Todd, Paige Purcell, Grady Purcell and his wife, |
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Jennifer, Keely Patridge, Brad Patridge, and Dursty Patridge |
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Engel and her husband, Rick; to his great-grandsons, Ace and Hudd |
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Parnell, Logan and Luke Purcell, and Jack Engel; and to his other |
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relatives and 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Jack Whitley. |
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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 March 18, 2009, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |