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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Allyn Paul |
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Roussel of New Orleans, Louisiana, who died on November 4, 2010, at |
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the age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, Allyn Roussel was born in Lutcher, Louisiana, on |
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March 16, 1918, to Neva Bourgeois Roussel and Arthur Joseph |
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Roussel, Sr.; at St. Aloysius High School, he boxed and played on |
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the baseball and football teams, earning the nickname "Rock" for |
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being "as sturdy as the Rock of Gibraltar" on the gridiron; after |
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high school, he attended Loyola University; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Roussel |
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served as a seaman first class in the U.S. Coast Guard during World |
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War II; in 1943, he was joined in matrimony to the former Claire |
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Wright, and together they were blessed with three children, five |
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grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Roussel became a businessman, and |
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for almost half a century he owned and operated automotive service |
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stations in the Gretna, Belle Chasse, and Algiers neighborhoods of |
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New Orleans; he was active in his profession as a member of the |
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board of directors of the Service Station Association of Louisiana |
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and a member of the Texaco Dealer Advisory Board; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Roussel attended St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic |
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Church and was a member of Santa Maria Council No. 1724 of the |
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Knights of Columbus, which recognized him with the Family of the |
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Month Award in 1998 and the Gold Knight Award in 2004; he continued |
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to honor his military service as a member of American Legion Post |
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218; and |
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WHEREAS, "Rock" Roussel lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who |
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held him close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Allyn Paul Roussel and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife |
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of 67 years, Claire Wright Roussel; to his children, Allyn Paul |
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"Rocky" Roussel, Jr., Wright Jude Roussel and his wife, Johanna, |
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and Magdalita Roussel; to his grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Roussel |
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Alexi and her husband, Kevin, Shawn M. Roussel, Jason S. Roussel, |
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Brian P. Roussel, and Jaime Marie Marcel Kiss and her husband, |
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Robert; to his great-grandchildren, Darrik Roussel, Chase Alexi, |
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and Robert Kiss III; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for his |
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family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns |
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this day, it do so in honor of Allyn Paul Roussel. |