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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Donald Keith Dubbs of Mineola, who died on December 24, 2010, at |
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the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, Keith Dubbs was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on |
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November 3, 1929, to Strow and Clesta Gladys Mitchell Dubbs; he was |
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the fourth of eight children; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty during World War |
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II, Mr. Dubbs joined the U.S. Army and served with the Classified |
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Correspondence Section, Supreme Headquarters, Far East Command; he |
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continued to serve in the same capacity during the Korean War, and |
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in 1950 he was posted to Kobe, Japan; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, Mr. Dubbs joined with |
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several partners in 1954 to start a business that distributed |
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records and operated retail stores in Texas and Oklahoma; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dubbs was joined in matrimony to Betty Pool |
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Dubbs in San Antonio in 1970; they shared a fulfilling relationship |
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until his death, and he became a loving adoptive father to her three |
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children, Jeff, Robert, and Rhonda; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Dubbs and his family moved to Mineola, |
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where he earned a broker's license and started a realty company; he |
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remained active in the business until the last few weeks of his |
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life; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dubbs was a member of the Greater Tyler |
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Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, and the |
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National Association of Realtors; a man of strong religious faith, |
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he attended First United Methodist Church in Mineola, and he |
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continued to honor his military service as a member of the American |
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Legion; he was a member as well of the National Rifle Association; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Keith Dubbs lived a rich and purposeful life devoted |
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to his family, his faith, and his nation, and he will be forever |
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remembered with respect and affection by all those who held him |
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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 Donald Keith Dubbs and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife |
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of 40 years, Betty Pool Dubbs; to his sons, Jeff Dubbs and his wife, |
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Wanda, and Robert Dubbs and his wife, Dorsey; to his daughter, |
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Rhonda Brown and her husband, Curtis; to his sisters, Dorothy |
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Townsend, Nancy Greeley, and Beverly Lee; to his brother, Strow |
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Dubbs; to his 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; 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 Donald |
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Keith Dubbs. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 169 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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