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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Bruce Washington Dyer, Jr., of Waco, on March 22, 2011, |
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at the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Annie Johnson and Bruce Dyer, Sr., Mr. |
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Dyer was born on September 15, 1931; he grew up in West Tennessee |
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and graduated from Union City High School, where he led the Rhythm |
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Rascals dance band; at the age of 17, he hitchhiked to Missouri to |
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try out for the St. Louis Cardinals, but the baseball team deemed |
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him too young; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dyer's high school sweetheart, the former |
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Dorothy Ams, played piano in the Rhythm Rascals; the couple went on |
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to marry and their fulfilling relationship of 60 years was made even |
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richer with the addition of four children and four grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, After beginning his career in banking, Mr. Dyer was |
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named the assistant administrator for Obion County General Hospital |
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at the age of 21; he moved to Texas in 1957 and became the assistant |
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administrator of Providence Hospital in El Paso; for a brief time, |
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he was employed by a CBS affiliate in El Paso and a UHF station in |
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Dallas, but he returned to the medical field and managed clinics in |
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Dallas and Marion as well as in Ohio and Kansas; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan later served as administrator of |
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Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco and opened several clinics |
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for the center before his retirement in 1996; he and his wife also |
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founded a bed and breakfast called the Judge Baylor House B&B and |
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welcomed numerous distinguished guests; gracious and thoughtful, |
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Mr. Dyer was a natural in the role of host, and he was a dedicated |
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member of the Heart of Texas Bed & Breakfast Owners Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his community, Mr. Dyer |
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volunteered for Meals on Wheels; in addition, he served on the |
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Woodway City Council for several years, and he was a valued member |
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of Seventh & James Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Bruce Dyer will be deeply missed by all who were |
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privileged to share in his love and friendship, but those he left |
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behind will forever treasure their memories of wonderful times |
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spent in his company; 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 memory of Bruce Washington |
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Dyer, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Dorothy Ams Dyer; to his children, Alan Dyer, Anne |
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Speights, Aaron Dyer and his wife, Alice, and Amy Rye and her |
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husband, Nate; to his grandchildren, Holly Speights, Claire |
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McGrath, and Nathan and Meredith Dyer; to his sisters, Ann Veghte |
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and her husband, Jim, and Peggy Bauman and her husband, Bill; and to |
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his 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 Bruce Dyer. |