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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 Graham |
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Charles Holloway of Cedar Park, who passed away on June 1, 2011, at |
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the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on January 14, 1947, |
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Mr. Holloway was the son of June and Charles Holloway; his father's |
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insurance business took the family to many different places and he |
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attended a number of schools before earning his bachelor of laws |
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degree from the University of Otago; in 1969, he set out for the |
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United States, and he won a Rotary Club scholarship to the |
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University of Georgia, where he served as head coach of the Georgia |
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Bulldogs Rugby team while completing his MBA; he met the love of his |
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life at a rugby tournament at Colorado State University, and a few |
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years later, Colleen and Graham Holloway were married on July 5, |
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1975, near her hometown of Chicago, Illinois; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple moved to Cedar Park in 1981, and they |
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later became the parents of three children, Thomas Charles, Sean |
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Michael, and Ryan Matthew; Mr. Holloway was the proprietor of |
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Tex-Andwiches, a popular restaurant in Round Rock, and in his free |
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time he enjoyed sailing on Lake Travis and enthusiastically |
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followed politics and sports; he became a proud United States |
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citizen in 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, The death of Graham Holloway brings immeasurable |
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sorrow to his family and friends; he will be deeply missed, but |
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those who held him dear may forever treasure their memories of the |
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happy time spent in his company; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Graham Charles Holloway and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Colleen; to his sons, Tom, Sean, |
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and Ryan; to his brother, Jeff; to his sisters, Sharon and Cheryl; |
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and to his many other 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Graham |
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Charles Holloway. |