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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of an |
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esteemed Texan, Sam Milton Bussey, Jr., of Dallas, who passed away |
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on March 13, 2011, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Shelby County on July 1, 1924, to Sam Milton |
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Bussey, Sr., and Lona Bussey, Sam Bussey, Jr., moved to Dallas in |
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1948; he founded the Bussey Trucking company, which he led as |
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president, and the family business has been in operation for nearly |
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five decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A strong supporter of civic and arts organizations, |
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Mr. Bussey contributed to educational institutions such as Paul |
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Quinn College, Wiley College, and St. Philip's School and Community |
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Center, as well as to the Urban League of Greater Dallas and North |
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Central Texas, the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and the March |
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of Dimes; through the Sam and Ruth Bussey Foundation, he and his |
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wife donated to the Dallas Black Dance Theatre and other groups, and |
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he was recognized for his generosity by the Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Community Center, the African American Museum Dallas, and the |
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Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bussey enjoyed gardening and playing dominoes |
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in his free time; a member of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church |
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for a half-century, he also served as an usher there; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Ruth, with whom he shared 64 |
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years, Mr. Bussey's family included five children, Milton, |
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Anthony, Beverly, Ladine, and the late Larry Bussey, who preceded |
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his father in death; and |
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WHEREAS, Sam Bussey, Jr., will be deeply missed by all those |
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who were privileged to share in the richness of his life, and they |
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will forever remember him with admiration and affection; now, |
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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 Sam Milton Bussey, |
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Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Ruth Ola Bussey; to his sons, Milton Bussey and his wife, |
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Cheryl, and Anthony Bussey and his wife, Levon; to his daughters, |
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Beverly Gipson and her husband, Joseph, and Ladine Gathwright and |
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her husband, Willie; to his brothers, Warren, Thomas, and William |
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Bussey; to his sisters, Addie Bussey, Evie Curry, and Tilda Holman; |
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to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; 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 Sam Bussey, |
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Jr. |