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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt |
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at the loss of U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Corey C. Owens of |
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San Antonio, who died in Iraq on February 17, 2011, at the age of 26; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 47th Security Forces Squadron out of |
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Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Airman Owens died in a noncombat |
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incident while serving at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq in support of |
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Operation New Dawn; and |
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WHEREAS, Corey Owens was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, |
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on September 26, 1984, to Steve Owens and Chris Owens; a member of a |
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military family, he lived in many places across the nation and |
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overseas while he was growing up, and he graduated from the Marine |
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Military Academy in Harlingen in 2003; he joined the air force in |
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2008 and was trained to protect bases, aircraft, and personnel as an |
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installation patrolman; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and |
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women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military |
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service; Airman Corey Owens embodied the highest ideals of the U.S. |
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armed forces, and those who knew and loved him will forever carry |
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him close in their hearts; 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 Airman First Class |
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Corey C. Owens and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Misty Owens; to his daughters, Xiya Owens and |
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Xoe Owens; to his father, Steve Owens; to his mother, Chris Owens; |
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to his sisters, Ann Kusterbeck and Sandra Owens; and to his other |
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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 Corey C. |
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Owens. |
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Castro |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1041 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 7, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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