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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The dedication of Hoise Bell Chapel in Forest Hill |
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provides a fitting occasion on which to pay tribute to this esteemed |
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clergyman; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Caldwell, Reverend Bell was born in 1930 |
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and graduated from Stafford High School in Italy, Texas; he joined |
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the U.S. Army and served his country in the Vietnam and Korean Wars, |
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earning the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his valiant actions; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, During a distinguished 26-year tenure in the |
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military, Reverend Bell served as a teacher at the Officer |
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Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, and as an instructor of |
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military science at The University of Texas at Arlington; he |
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pursued his own higher education in California at the University of |
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Menlo Park, and in the Lone Star State at Central Texas College and |
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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; for many years, he |
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taught military science in the Junior ROTC Program at MacArthur |
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High School in Irving; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend Bell began his pastoral work at New Hope |
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Baptist Church in Seaside, California; he went on to lead St. John |
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Baptist Church in Smith, Alabama, and New Hope Baptist Church in |
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Irving before joining Berea Baptist Church in Forest Hill; for 26 |
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years, he committed himself to serving the latter congregation, and |
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during that time he established five ministries in an effort to |
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inspire spiritual growth; and |
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WHEREAS, Hoise Bell has long been a blessing in the lives of |
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others, and the chapel named for him will serve as an inspiring |
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reminder of the many good works and deeds that one person can |
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accomplish; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Pastor Emeritus Hoise Bell of Berea |
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Baptist Church on the dedication of the Hoise Bell Chapel and extend |
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to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Pastor Bell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Veasey |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1024 was adopted by the House on April |
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7, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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