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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 Scott Rentz of China Spring, who passed away on March 16, 2011, |
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at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 21, 1917, to George and Barbara Rentz, |
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Scott Rentz grew up on his family's farm and, after his father's |
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death in 1928, helped his mother with its operation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Rentz married the love of his life, Neva Lee |
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Jackson, on April 13, 1940; the couple enjoyed 56 years together and |
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took great pride in their two children, Susan and Jack; Mr. Rentz |
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joined the First Baptist Church of China Spring at the age of 42, |
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and the church would become a central part of his life for the next |
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five decades; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to tending his farm, he worked as a |
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paving foreman for Downing Brothers Construction Company for 28 |
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years; fully devoting himself to his farm after his retirement in |
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1985, he labored many hours each harvest season with a close friend |
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to bring in his crops; it was not until Mr. Rentz reached the age of |
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88 that he allowed others to help him do the work he dearly loved to |
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do himself; in recognition of the continuous operation of the |
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family farm for more than a century, he and his children were |
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honored at the State Capitol in 2007 by the Texas Department of |
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Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Scott Rentz will be deeply missed, those he |
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leaves behind will forever treasure their memories of his wry sense |
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of humor, his many entertaining stories about times gone by, and his |
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devotion to his home and his family; 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 Scott Rentz and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his children, |
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Susan Pigeon and Jack Rentz and his wife, Becky; to his |
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grandchildren, Ben and Blake Pigeon and Scott, Amy, and Bailey |
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Rentz; 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 Scott |
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Rentz. |
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Anderson of McLennan |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1409 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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