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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 John Edwin Horn of Lorena, who passed away on March 27, 2011, at |
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the age of 76; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Greenville, Kentucky, on Christmas Day, |
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1934, to Wilty and Ruby Horn, John Horn was the fourth of 13 |
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children; he served his country in the United States Army from 1953 |
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to 1956, and then hitchhiked to Chicago, joining four of his |
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brothers in the window washing business; it was there that he met |
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the love of his life, Ann, and the two went on to share 46 happy |
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years together as husband and wife and to welcome four children into |
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their family; and |
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WHEREAS, The Horns moved to Waco in 1977; Mr. Horn worked as a |
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home builder and a real estate developer, and he was the owner and |
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operator of an excavating company and a marina; an avid boater, he |
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designed and built more than 30 houseboats; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Horn took great pride in his grandchildren and |
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he especially loved attending their many extracurricular |
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activities, from football games to dance performances; he also |
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enjoyed traveling and playing cards and dominoes with his family |
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and friends; in addition, he was a valued member of the Brazos |
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Meadows Baptist Church for more than two decades; and |
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WHEREAS, John Horn lived a full and generous life surrounded |
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by those he loved, and the memory of his delight in their company |
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will long endure to comfort them; 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 John Edwin Horn and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Anna Mae Horn; to his son, Johnnie Horn, and his wife, Marcia; to |
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his daughters, Shelly Horn Cawthon and her husband, Matt, and Donna |
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Horn; to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Ashley, Caleb, |
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Carol Ann, Jake and Rebecca, Samantha, John and Layne, Katie, |
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Christa, Olivia, and Dustin; to his brother, Bill; to his sisters, |
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Margie, Ann, Betty, Susie, and Laura; and to his other relatives and |
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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 John Horn. |