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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Pampa lost a beloved longtime resident |
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and admired civic leader with the death of E. E. "Shelly" Shelhamer |
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on June 26, 2011, at the age of 98; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 3, 1912, in Sumner County, Kansas, |
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Mr. Shelhamer graduated from Winfield High School and went on to |
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attend Southwestern College in Winfield, then settled in Pampa in |
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1936; he served his country as a member of the U.S. Army Signal |
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Corps during World War II, earning the rank of staff sergeant; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Shelhamer had a distinguished 25-year career |
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with Beacon Supply, holding the positions of secretary and |
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treasurer before becoming a partner; following his retirement from |
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the business in 1961, he worked as an agent with Southwestern Life |
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Insurance; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to the betterment of his community, Mr. |
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Shelhamer had been a member and president of the Pampa ISD board of |
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trustees, a member of the Pampa Senior Citizens Center board for |
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more than 30 years, a member of the Adobe Walls Council of Boy |
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Scouts of America, and a member and president of the Pampa Chamber |
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of Commerce; in addition, he was a past president of and active in |
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the Rotary Club, which made him a Paul Harris Fellow in 2008; he was |
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also a member of the First Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and |
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secretary of the Everyman's Bible Class; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Shelhamer was blessed |
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with the support of his wife, Lois; they lovingly raised three |
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children, Gene, Jim, and Pam, and his treasured family eventually |
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grew to include 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Though it is impossible to gauge the full effect of a |
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man's life, some individuals leave their unmistakable mark on the |
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world as they move through it, and Shelly Shelhamer leaves behind a |
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legacy that will long be treasured by all those who held him dear; |
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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 memory |
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of E. E. "Shelly" Shelhamer and extend deepest sympathy to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Lois Shelhamer; to his sons, Dr. |
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Gene Shelhamer and his wife, Carolyn, and Dr. Jim Shelhamer and his |
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wife, Ruth; to his daughter, Pam Grant; to his grandchildren, Dee |
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Howard, Melissa Burns, Lori Patterson, Melanie Willis, Alan |
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Shelhamer, Kristi Muehlstein, Claire Neill, and Lindsay, Ian, and |
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Joel Grant; to his great-grandchildren, Matt and Sara Howard, |
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Lahne, Lauren, and Lance Burns, Lindy and Laney Patterson, Amelia |
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and Gracie Shelhamer, Vera Mae Foster, and Olivia Rae Grant; and to |
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his 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 E. E. |
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"Shelly" Shelhamer. |