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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Brazoria County lost a dedicated |
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citizen and true leader with the passing of Leland B. Kee of |
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Angleton on December 9, 2010, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1917 in Nogalus Prairie to James Taylor and |
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Mary Jane Wheat Kee, Leland Kee graduated from North Texas State |
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Teachers College and then taught and coached boys' softball in |
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rural Trinity County for two years; he resigned from his job |
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immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and enlisted in the |
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U.S. Navy, serving in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1945; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, he enrolled at The University of |
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Texas at Austin to study law, and upon graduation in 1948 he began a |
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successful career in Angleton; in addition to distinguishing |
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himself as general counsel to the Port of Freeport, Mr. Kee served |
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as president of the Brazoria County Bar Association, was licensed |
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to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, and was appointed in 1961 |
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by Governor Price Daniel to a six-year term on the Texas Board of |
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Corrections; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Kee put his expertise to work in behalf of the |
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Angleton Independent School District, serving on the board of |
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trustees for nine years and acting as legal counsel to five |
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superintendents; he also had a primary role in annexation work to |
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increase the tax base for the district, an accomplishment that will |
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continue to benefit generations of students well into the future; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Actively involved in his community, he was a charter |
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member of the Angleton Rotary Club and a founding member of the |
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Greater Angleton Chamber of Commerce, which named him Citizen of |
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the Year in 1972 and 1990 and honored him with a Pioneer Award in |
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2008; he was president and director of the Brazoria County |
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Transportation Planning Commission, and in 1977 led a delegation of |
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1,000 people to Austin to advocate for the construction of State |
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Highway 288; he also participated in the creation of the Brazosport |
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Economic Development Corporation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Kee devoted untold hours to the First United |
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Methodist Church, serving as chair of its administrative board and |
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on various committees; he enjoyed 67 years of fulfilling |
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partnership with his late wife, Marie Harkins Kee, and together |
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they welcomed four children into their family; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed civic leader set in motion initiatives |
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that have made Angleton and Brazoria County a better place to live |
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and work, and he will forever hold a special place in the memories |
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of all who were 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 life of Leland B. Kee and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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daughters, Susan Endendyk and her husband, Bruce, and Nancy Kee |
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Patterson; to his son, Barry Kee, and his wife, Lynn; to his |
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grandchildren, John Endendyk and his wife, Kristen, Matthew |
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Endendyk, Sara Patterson, Elissa Patterson, Gena Patterson, |
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Bradley Kee, and Michael Kee; to his great-grandson, William |
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Endendyk; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 Leland B. |
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Kee. |
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Bonnen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1380 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 28, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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