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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of James Edward Starrett of Arlington, who passed away on June 23, |
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2010, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on May 24, 1922, James Starrett grew up in |
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Reilly Springs, where he graduated from the local high school at the |
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age of 15; he went on to attend Pickton High School in an effort to |
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extend his baseball career another year and later served his |
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country as a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Starrett earned his bachelor's and master's |
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degrees from East Texas State University and began a distinguished |
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tenure in education that spanned more than three decades; after |
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teaching in Como and Pleasant Grove, he joined the Arlington |
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Independent School District in 1956 as vice principal of Ousley |
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Junior High School; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Starrett later served as director of the |
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district's special services before returning to school |
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administration as principal of Bess Rankin Elementary; he was |
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subsequently named principal of Tom and Maude Foster Elementary, |
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and he earned the respect and admiration of students and colleagues |
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alike before his retirement in 1983; as evidence of his commitment |
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to the public education system in Arlington, he continued to mentor |
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young educators, and his professional contributions were |
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recognized in 1987 when the district named a school in his honor; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A valued member of First Baptist Church of Arlington |
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for 54 years, he served his congregation as a greeter in the |
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children's wing, where he volunteered in Sunday school classes; he |
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also enjoyed attending high school football and baseball games and |
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sharing his time with various departments at the Arlington Baseball |
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Park; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all else, Mr. Starrett was devoted to his |
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family, including his wife, Ada, his children, Steve and Laura, and |
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his three beloved grandchildren, Jesse, Dalton, and Blair; and |
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WHEREAS, James Starrett was a positive influence in the lives |
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of countless young people, and he leaves behind a legacy of good |
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works that will long endure; 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 James Edward Starrett |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Ada Starrett; to his children, Steve Starrett and Laura |
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Bogard; to his grandchildren, Jesse and Dalton Starrett and Blair |
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Bogard Kveton and her husband, Craig; to his sister, Ragene Moore; |
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and to his other relatives and many 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 James |
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Edward Starrett. |
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Patrick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 386 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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