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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Mineola lost one of its most admired |
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citizens with the passing of David Coulter Templeton on June 12, |
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2011, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Marshall on September 17, 1926, Coulter |
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Templeton was the son of C. B. and Bernice Templeton; he spent much |
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of his childhood in Avinger with his grandfather, who taught him |
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about lumber and construction; after graduating from Mineola High |
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School, he served as a pharmacist's mate in the United States Navy |
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during World War II; he went on to earn his bachelor's degree in |
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business administration from Southern Methodist University, where |
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he joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity and played saxophone in the |
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Mustang Band; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan founded the Coulter Templeton |
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Lumber Company in Mineola in 1949, and he was also an investor and a |
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founder of the Mineola State Bank; deeply committed to helping |
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others, he served as a trustee of the Meredith Foundation for 20 |
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years, and he worked tirelessly on a variety of community projects, |
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including collecting aluminum cans for the Rotary Club; the club |
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named him a Paul Harris Fellow, and in 1990 the Mineola Chamber of |
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Commerce selected him as Man of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, He married the love of his life, Jean Lynch |
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Templeton, at the age of 63, and became a father figure to her young |
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daughters, Jean and Mary, and a trusted friend to her sons, John, |
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Robert, and Dan; he was a longtime member of the First United |
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Methodist Church of Mineola and of the Cage Men's Class Sunday |
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School, and with his kind, gentle manner and marvelous sense of |
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humor, he endeared himself to numerous friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Coulter Templeton lived a caring and purposeful |
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life, and those who were privileged to know him will forever |
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remember his joyful nature, his generosity, and his devotion to his |
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family and his community; 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 David Coulter Templeton and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Jean Lynch Templeton; to his |
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children, John Brassard, Robert Brassard, Dan Brassard and his |
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wife, Yvonne, Jean van Zyl and her husband, Marius, and Mary Turner |
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and her husband, Matt; to his grandchildren, Daniel, Peter, and |
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Lucie Jane van Zyl, Benjamin Brassard, and Andrew Turner; and to his |
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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 David |
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Coulter Templeton. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 287 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 29, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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