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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 Jesse |
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Robert Woody of Carrollton, who died on June 2, 2011, at the age of |
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87; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Robert and Ola Mae Woody, Jesse Woody was |
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born in Mineola on August 12, 1923; he served as a gunner's mate in |
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the United States Navy during World War II and fought in the Pacific |
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theater; after demobilization, he returned home and became the |
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successful proprietor of four Woody's White Auto Store locations as |
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well as a number of real estate, investment, aluminum, and granite |
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companies; most of the buildings in downtown Carrollton passed |
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through his ownership at one time or another, and he was a partner |
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in the Four Square Building for several years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Woody was dedicated to his community and |
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possessed natural leadership ability; from 1964 to 1972, he served |
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on the Carrollton City Council, and he was mayor pro tempore for two |
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years; he was a member of the Metrocrest Hospital Authority board |
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for more than two decades and served as chair, and he also sat on the |
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boards of numerous banks; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and caring man, Jesse Woody made a positive |
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impact on Carrollton through his civic engagement, and those who |
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were fortunate enough to know him will forever treasure their |
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memories of 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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Jesse Robert Woody and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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his family: to his wife of 65 years, Patsy Woody; to his daughter, |
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Linda Woody; to his son, Paul Woody; to his grandsons, Wade and |
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Russell Woody; to his three great-grandchildren; to his sisters, |
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Betty Roberts, Imogene James and her husband, Phil, and Loretta |
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Payne and her husband, Roy; to his brothers, Homer Shockey and his |
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wife, Mary, and Darrell Shockey and his wife, Flo; and, be it |
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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 Jesse |
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Robert Woody. |