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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 George C. Coppage, Jr., of Hewitt, who passed away on March 8, |
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2011, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Kentucky to George Coppage, Sr., and Myrtle |
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Coppage on January 3, 1922, George Coppage answered his nation's |
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call to duty and served with the U.S. Army during the Second World |
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War; he subsequently served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in |
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Korea and with the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command as a crew |
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chief on a B-47; and |
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WHEREAS, This distinguished veteran retired from the air |
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force with the rank of staff sergeant in 1970 and then worked in |
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Kentucky as a state park ranger and later as an investigator with |
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the Office of the Attorney General; after retiring from the |
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, he moved to Texas, where he worked with |
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the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco and with the |
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Salvation Army; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Coppage was married first to Evelyn Hoxie |
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Coppage, who predeceased him; fortunate to find love once again, he |
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enjoyed a rewarding marriage with his second wife, Betty; he was |
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blessed with three children, Carol, Ashley, and Tim, as well as |
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eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and four |
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great-great-grandchildren; he was a member of the Scottish Rite and |
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attained the level of 32nd degree Mason; a great storyteller, he |
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kept his family members enthralled with tales of his many |
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experiences; and |
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WHEREAS, George Coppage, Jr., lived a rich and purposeful |
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life centered around his family and his country, and he will long be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who knew him; now, therefore, |
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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 George C. Coppage, |
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Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Betty Coppage; to his children and their spouses, Carol |
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and Mike Barnes, Ashley and Mike Marsili, and Tim and Lu Coppage; to |
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his sister, Janice Huerta, and her husband, Jerry; to his brother, |
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Kenny Coppage, and his wife, Fay; to his grandchildren, |
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great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and to his |
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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 George C. |
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Coppage, Jr. |