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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Richard Y. Thorpe of Ballinger, who passed away on February 20, |
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2011, at the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Dick Thorpe was |
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born on February 22, 1931, to Moneta Allison and Richard Y. Thorpe, |
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Sr.; he attended the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville and |
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answered his nation's call to duty with service in the U.S. Air |
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Force; he later enrolled at Vanderbilt University, eventually |
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earning a degree from Davidson College in North Carolina; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Thorpe enjoyed a long career in the carpet |
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manufacturing and distribution business, working as a manager for |
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L. D. Brinkman, Jones Mills, and Galaxy Carpet Mills and as CEO for |
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Landmark Carpet Mills; in retirement, he dedicated himself to |
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philanthropy in behalf of children with disabilities and other |
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young people in need; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Dick Thorpe will be deeply missed, he |
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leaves behind a legacy that will forever be treasured by all those |
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whose lives he touched; 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 Richard Y. Thorpe |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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former wife, Sara Elizabeth Thorpe; to his sons, Dr. Richard Thorpe |
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III and his wife, Karen, and Arthur Benjamin Thorpe and his wife, |
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Alison; to his daughter, Allison P. Thorpe; to his brother, John |
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Thorpe, and his wife, Nancy; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Richard |
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Thorpe. |