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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Texarkana lost one of its most admired |
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educators with the passing of former band director Bob G. Ingram on |
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January 30, 2011, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Greenville on July 31, 1933, Mr. Ingram |
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excelled in music at an early age; he took a summer lawn-mowing job |
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in order to purchase a Silvertone metal clarinet as a sixth grader, |
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and he was drafted into the Greenville High School Band two years |
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before he entered high school and served as its president and |
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student director; East Texas State Teachers College awarded him a |
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full scholarship and he served as president and student director of |
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the college band, and he was a member of the orchestra and ROTC |
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marching band as well; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Ingram began his teaching career in the Longview |
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Independent School District in 1955 and then became band director |
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at East Mountain High School before leading Sabine Senior High |
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School to four consecutive Sweepstakes awards; during his |
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subsequent two-year tenure as band director and supervisor of music |
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for Greenville High, the band received its first Sweepstakes award; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In 1964, Mr. Ingram joined the Texarkana Independent |
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School District as supervisor of the instrumental music program and |
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director of the Texas High School marching, concert, and jazz |
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bands; he continued to serve the district with great distinction |
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until his retirement in 1992; under his direction, the band |
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received numerous Sweepstakes awards and first division ratings in |
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Class 5A competition, and it played for four United States |
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presidents; in addition, the Fighting Tigers performed around the |
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country, delighting audiences at Disney World and in Cheyenne, |
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Wyoming, and Memphis, Tennessee, as well as at an Astros baseball |
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game in Houston and the Hemisfair in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, This kind and caring educator made a positive |
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difference in the lives of innumerable young Texans, teaching them |
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what was possible with hard work and a commitment to excellence; |
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while helping musicians reach their potential and expanding their |
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horizons, he also mentored youths who were not involved in band, and |
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he endeared himself to his colleagues with his warmth, exuberance, |
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quick wit, and readiness to lend assistance; and |
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WHEREAS, Inducted into the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu in |
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1960, Mr. Ingram served as the fraternity's chair of the |
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hospitality and program committee; he was a charter member of the |
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Texas Music Adjudicators Association and judged band and music |
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competitions in almost every region in Texas, as well as in six |
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other states; moreover, he served as president of the Four States |
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Bandmasters Association and as sergeant at arms and president of |
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the board of the Texas Bandmasters Association; he was inducted |
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into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 1999; active in community |
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service, he was president of the Lions Club from 1981-1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his wife of more than 50 years, Wanda, Mr. |
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Ingram was the proud father of a son, Mike; in later years, he also |
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knew the joy of becoming a grandfather; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Ingram taught precious life lessons while |
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sharing his love of music with many young people, and he will |
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forever hold a special place in the hearts of all who were |
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privileged to know him; 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 Bob G. Ingram and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Wanda Ingram; to his son, Mike Ingram, and his wife, Elizabeth; to |
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his granddaughter, Catherine Ingram, and her fiance, Andrew Shope; |
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and 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 Bob G. |
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Ingram. |