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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of Mark Lynn Cude of Pleasanton |
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on October 25, 2009, at the age of 47, brought a profound loss to his |
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family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Pleasanton, Mark Cude was born on |
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November 22, 1961, to Bernadine and James Cude; he graduated as the |
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salutatorian of his class at Pleasanton High School and went on to |
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earn a degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in |
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1985; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cude served as president of Cude Petroleum for |
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nearly a decade and opened another business, Riata Finance, in his |
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hometown in 1990; he later expanded the company to locations in |
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Floresville, Lytle, and San Antonio; his professional affiliations |
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included memberships in the San Antonio Retail Merchants Trade |
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Advisory Council, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the Texas |
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Consumer Finance Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in Republican politics, Mr. Cude held the |
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positions of chair and treasurer with the Atascosa County |
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Republican Party; in addition, he was a delegate at several Texas |
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and Atascosa County Republican Conventions, and in 1996 he ran for |
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Congress as the Republican candidate for U.S. House District 28; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cude was also an engaged member of his |
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community, lending his time and talents to such worthy |
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organizations as the Atascosa Family Crisis Center and CASA of |
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South Texas and giving generously to local schools and children's |
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programs; he served as president and director of the Pleasanton |
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Chamber of Commerce, as treasurer of the Pleasanton Cowboy |
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Homecoming Association, and as a member of the Jourdanton |
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Independent School District Vocational Advisory Board; moreover, |
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he co-chaired the Atascosa County Sesquicentennial Celebration, |
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participated in the restoration and rededication of the Atascosa |
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County Courthouse, and helped organize the Silver Saddle Ball; in |
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1993, he was honored as the Pleasanton Young Citizen of the Year; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and |
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talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better |
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place through their actions and their example, and Mark Cude was |
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indeed one such person; 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 Mark Lynn Cude and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his mother, |
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Bernadine Cude; to his daughters, Emily and Chloe Cude; to his |
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brother, Weldon Cude, and his wife, Gayla; to his nieces, Stephanie |
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and Lindsey Cude, Aubrey Schulze, and Jennie and Jessica Baker; and |
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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 Mark Cude. |
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Aliseda |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 814 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 31, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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