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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Delton |
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Ferrell Steed of Waco, who died on March 23, 2011, at the age of 90; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Del Steed was born in Chidester, Arkansas, on |
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November 14, 1920, to Floyd and Jewell Steed; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1945, Mr. Steed met Erline Harger in Meridian, |
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Mississippi, and the following year the couple were married; they |
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were blessed with three children, Lesli, Marilyn, and Rusty, and |
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shared six and a half decades together; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Steed worked as an air traffic controller for 30 |
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years, retiring in 1973; he went on to hold several other positions, |
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including serving as a captain of the Brazos Queen riverboat, a job |
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he particularly enjoyed; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he is deeply missed, those privileged to |
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share in the friendship and love of Del Steed will always remember |
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him with great admiration and affection; 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 Delton Ferrell Steed |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Erline Harger Steed; to his daughters, Lesli Steed McKinney |
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and Marilyn Steed Keough; to his son, Rusty Steed, and his wife, |
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Nancy; to his grandsons, Rusty Steed II, Jon Steed, and Randy Steed |
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and his fiancé, Rachel Majewski; to his great-grandchildren, |
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Amanda, Alyssa, Cole, and Schyluer; to his honorary daughter, Carla |
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Hernandez, and her husband, Luis; 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 Del Steed. |