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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bobby Chastain of Woodway passed away on March 10, |
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2011, at the age of 85, leaving his circle of family and friends |
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with many treasured memories of time spent in his company; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Caney, Kansas, on December 24, 1925, to |
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Elias and Alma Chastain, Bob Chastain graduated from Caney High |
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School in 1943 and served his country in the U.S. Navy during World |
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War II; a member of the crew of the USS Johnston, he survived the |
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Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in 1944, when his ship was |
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sunk by the Japanese; he also served during the Korean War and later |
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became a founder of the Johnston Survivors' Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Chastain married Betty Lou Akin on March 4, |
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1948, and they moved to Texas six years later; he attended Baylor |
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University, earning his degree in 1958, and he held a number of |
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management positions over the course of a 35-year career with |
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Rockwell International and Hercules, Inc., before retiring in 1987; |
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he further distinguished himself as president of a local credit |
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union for many years; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Chastain enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife of 63 years, Betty Lou Chastain, and |
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their daughter, Teresa; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have shared in Bob |
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Chastain's love and friendship will remember his wonderful sense of |
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humor, his compelling stories about the navy, and his devotion to |
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his family, and they will forever carry him close in their hearts; |
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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 Bob Chastain and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Betty Lou Chastain; to his daughter, Teresa L. Ridlehuber, and her |
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husband, Evan; to his grandson, Joshua A. Baldwin, and his wife, |
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Katie; to his great-granddaughter, Lauren Baldwin; 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 Bob |
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Chastain. |