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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 Lon |
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Felts, Jr., of Uvalde, who died on January 17, 2011, at the age of |
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75; and |
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WHEREAS, Lon Felts, Jr., was born on a ranch in Edwards County |
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on June 11, 1935, to Lon and Lillie Wallace Felts; he graduated in |
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1954 from Barksdale High School, where he was a member of the |
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football team; after attending Texas College of Arts and Industries |
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in Kingsville for a semester, he answered his nation's call to duty, |
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serving as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Felts married the former Cora Carter in 1960, |
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and through the years their family grew to include two children, |
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Cora and Lon, as well as four grandsons, Hayden, David, Nathan, and |
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Ian; and |
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WHEREAS, An enthusiastic outdoorsman, Mr. Felts worked for a |
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time as a trapper and later trained horses and raised cattle; he |
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moved to Uvalde in 1996 and raised Boer goats and Dorper sheep; he |
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took great pleasure in sharing his passion for hunting and the |
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outdoors with his loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Lon Felts will be deeply missed, cherished |
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memories of time spent in his company will long endure in the hearts |
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of all those who were 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 life of Lon Felts, Jr., and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife |
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of 50 years, Cora Felts; to his daughter, Cora Lynn Jasso, and her |
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husband, Jesus; to his son, Lon C. Felts, and his wife, Melissa; to |
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his grandsons, Hayden Felts and David, Nathan, and Ian Westmeyer; |
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to his brothers, Philip Felts, and his wife, Barbara, and William |
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Felts; and to 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 Lon Felts. |