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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 Jack |
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Rush King of Paris, who died on January 8, 2011, at the age of 89; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Floyd E. Rush and Sallie Lee McClain |
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Rush, the former "Jackie" Rush was born in Deport on March 14, 1921; |
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after completing her schooling in Paris, she married John Newman |
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King in Dallas on May 17, 1941, and the couple later became the |
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parents of two daughters, Carolyn and Joanne; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. King and her husband settled in Mount Pleasant |
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following World War II and established Mount Pleasant Sporting |
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Goods; eventually, they made Paris their home and for more than 35 |
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years, they were the proprietors of King's Sporting Goods/King's |
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Trophies; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. King served as an elder, |
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deacon, and circle leader at Central Presbyterian Church, and she |
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taught the Mary Baker Sunday School class; moreover, she served as |
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moderator of the Women's Association and took pleasure in "tending |
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to her little sheep" as a member of the Shepherd Committee; she also |
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gave generously of her time and talents as an auxiliary at Paris |
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Regional Medical Center; and |
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WHEREAS, This caring Texan was devoted to her family and |
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friends, who delighted in the kind poems and charming notes she |
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wrote for them; Mrs. King was a talented gardener, and she enjoyed |
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bird-watching as well; and |
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WHEREAS, Jackie King was a blessing in the lives of all who |
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were privileged to share in her love and affection, and those she |
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left behind will long cherish memories of happy times spent in her |
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company; 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 Jack "Jackie" Rush |
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King and extend sincere sympathies to the members of her family: to |
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her daughters, Carolyn Hodges and her husband, Tom, and Joanne |
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Koch; to her grandchildren, Kim Davidson, Priscilla Taylor, and |
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Andrew, Philip, and Camille Koch; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Morgan and Landon Davidson and Meagan, Taren, Brooke, and Corban |
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Taylor; to her nieces, Jerry Quinn and Diane Kuras; and to her other |
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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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jackie |
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King. |