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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Arlington lost a cherished friend and |
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an admired educator with the death of June James III on March 17, |
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2010, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, June James was |
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born on December 27, 1934, and he was one of nine children of June |
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James II and Ella James; after attending high school, he answered |
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his nation's call to duty, and he served as a paratrooper in the |
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United States Army and later joined the U.S. Air Force; and |
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WHEREAS, He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in biology and |
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a master's degree in education administration from Southern |
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University in Baton Rouge, as well as an education specialist |
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degree from the University of Miami and a doctoral degree in |
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education administration from the University of Pittsburgh; during |
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his postgraduate studies, he met the former Annie King, and the |
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couple were married in 1980; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. James worked as an administrator at Southern |
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University before retiring and moving to Arlington in 1989; shortly |
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thereafter, he became a special assistant at The University of |
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Texas at Arlington and served as a professor and a mentor to future |
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principals and superintendents while actively recruiting students |
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to the university; and |
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WHEREAS, Also a dedicated civic leader, Dr. James helped |
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organize the Arlington chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and |
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the NAACP; through the years, he served as president and vice |
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president of the local NAACP group, and he regularly contributed to |
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fund-raising efforts at the annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet; Dr. |
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James was further engaged in Mount Olive Baptist Church, and he was |
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instrumental in establishing Metro Christian Academy, a private |
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school affiliated with the church; and |
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WHEREAS, A caring and generous man, June James touched the |
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lives of countless individuals, and he leaves behind a legacy of |
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achievement that will long be admired by all those who were |
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privileged to know him; 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 memory of June James III and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Annie James; to his sons, Kenneth James, Michael James, and Kevin G. |
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James; to his daughters, Jennifer James, Shondra James, Kelly |
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Causey and her husband, Anthony, and Gina King Jones and her |
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husband, Alton; to his sisters, Lucille Robinson, Eloise Black and |
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her husband, the Reverend Robert Black, Alyce McLemore, and Carolyn |
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Canaday; to his grandsons, Anthony Causey, Nicholas Causey, Ramon |
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James, Jason James, June James V, Brice Jackson-James, and Michael |
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S. James, Jr.; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 June James |
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III. |
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Patrick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 408 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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