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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of J. D. Thomas, Jr., of Georgetown on |
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August 23, 2010, at the age of 91, concluded a long and productive |
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life spent in service to others; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 30, 1919, to J. D. Thomas, Sr., and |
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Laura Belle Harrell Thomas, J. D. Thomas enjoyed the companionship |
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of six sisters and two brothers; he graduated from Georgetown High |
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School in 1937 and later attended Texas A&M University; he left |
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school during World War II to join the U.S. Navy and subsequently |
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saw duty overseas; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas received his discharge from the service |
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in 1945 and returned to Georgetown to help manage his family's |
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ranching interests; he went on to serve for a quarter-century as |
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assistant postmaster and postmaster of Georgetown; and |
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WHEREAS, J. D. Thomas contributed to his community as a |
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congregant of the Georgetown Church of Christ, where he was a deacon |
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and elder for 38 years and a song leader for 70 years; he also served |
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on the local school board, sat on the boards of trustees of the |
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Wallie Lock Charitable Foundation and the Hensel Memorial Camp |
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Foundation, and held membership in VFW Post No. 8587; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas was married first to Ruby Geraldine |
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Gassaway, who died in 1945; fortunate enough to find love a second |
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time, he wed Ruth Margaret LePori on July 14, 1946, and they shared |
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a richly rewarding union of 64 years; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and considerate man, J. D. Thomas had an |
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immeasurable impact on the lives of many people, and he will be |
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remembered with deep affection and admiration by all who knew him; |
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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 J. D. Thomas, Jr., |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Ruth Thomas; to his children and their spouses, Sherron |
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Thomas, Jerry and Janie Thomas, Janie and Lynn Harms, and Margaret |
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and Randy Christian; to his grandchildren and their spouses, Raven |
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and Jeff Green, Elizabeth Harms, Alicia and Matt Black, Anne-Marie |
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and Paul Goetsch, April Harms, and Peter and Philip Christian; to |
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his great-grandchildren, Maddie Green and Kiersten, Kate, and Eli |
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Goetsch; to his siblings and their spouses, Alice and Lee Turner, |
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Anne and Ralph Poteet, Martha Stone, and Bob and Margie Thomas; and |
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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 J. D. |
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Thomas, Jr. |