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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Dr. Jesse Wallace Jackson, Jr., passed away on March |
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30, 2011, at the age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 25, 1937, Dr. Jackson was the |
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second of five children of Jesse Wallace Jackson, Sr., and Kathryn |
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Bryant Jackson; he graduated from Terrell High School and went on to |
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earn his bachelor's degree from Texas Southern University, where he |
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was a leader in the Omega Psi Phi fraternity; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson became a commissioned officer in the |
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U.S. Air Force in 1962, and his distinguished 10-year military |
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tenure included service in Vietnam and locations throughout the |
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United States; he was later appointed as an ROTC instructor at |
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Tennessee State University, and during his term with the school, he |
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helped to sponsor the undergraduate chapter of Omega Psi Phi; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson also continued his studies while in |
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Tennessee, earning his master's and doctoral degrees from |
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Vanderbilt University, and following his departure from the air |
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force, he became a sociology instructor with the institution; he |
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later joined the faculty at the University of Houston, serving in |
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the department of sociology and in the department of African |
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American studies, a subject on which he authored a book; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to education, Dr. Jackson worked |
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with the Job Partnership Council, founding a school that assisted |
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troubled youth and high school dropouts in earning GEDs; moreover, |
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he helped to operate charter schools in Houston and Fort Worth, and |
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his efforts benefited countless people; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson was also devoted to his family, |
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including his wife of 47 years, Theresa, his daughter, state |
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district judge Maria Jackson, and his son, Jesse Wallace Jackson |
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III; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his time on this earth, Jesse Jackson |
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gave unstintingly of his energies and talents in whatever mission |
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he undertook, and he is deeply missed by all those who held him |
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dear; 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 Dr. Jesse Wallace |
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Jackson, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Theresa Jackson; to his daughter, the |
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Honorable Maria Terez Jackson; to his son, Jesse Wallace Jackson |
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III, and his wife, Jenette; to his grandchildren, Braxton, Blair, |
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and Joshua; to his sisters, Ella Maye Colley, Phyllis E. Sillemon, |
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and Vicky Lynn Weldon; to his brothers, Mance RaMon Jackson and the |
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Reverend Michael W. Jackson; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Jesse |
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Wallace Jackson, Jr. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1183 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 5, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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