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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Clymer Lewis Wright, Jr., of Houston, who died on |
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January 24, 2011, at the age of 79, gave freely of his time and |
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expertise to better his community, and he leaves behind a record of |
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service that his loved ones can remember with pride; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on July 24, 1931, Clymer Wright was a graduate |
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of the University of Southern Mississippi and a veteran of the |
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United States Army, in which he served during the Korean War; in the |
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mid-1950s, as the editor of the Fort Bend Reporter, he worked with |
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the Texas Rangers to rid Fort Bend County and Galveston of organized |
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crime and gambling syndicates; he received death threats in the |
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process but persevered in spite of the danger; he later published |
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newspapers and worked in real estate, and for the past 18 years, he |
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was an executive with Aflac Insurance; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Wright was very active in local and national |
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politics; in 1968, he was a leader of Texans for Reagan, the effort |
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to get then-California governor Ronald Reagan the Republican |
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presidential nomination, and he went on to serve as the Texas |
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finance chair for Reagan's successful 1980 campaign; he led an |
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effort in the early 1990s to place on the ballot a measure limiting |
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the terms of Houston's mayor, controller, and council members, and |
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the initiative passed with more than 56 percent of the vote; more |
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recently, he was instrumental in helping his community association |
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win a legal battle to conserve public spaces that had been part of |
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the Inwood Forest Golf and Country Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Together with his first wife, the former Sandra Jean |
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Lee, Mr. Wright shared 34 years and had three children, Cindy, |
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Clymer, and Linda; after becoming a widower, he enjoyed 20 years of |
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marriage with the former Mary Katherine Sheftall until her death in |
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2010; Mr. Wright supported a number of charitable groups over the |
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years and was especially devoted to the alumni association of |
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Southern Miss; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for his compassion and faith, Mr. Wright |
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touched the lives of all who were privileged to know him, and he |
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will forever hold a treasured place in their hearts; now, |
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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 Clymer Lewis |
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Wright, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his children, Cindy Wright Gabriel Flynn and her |
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husband, George, Clymer Wright III and his wife, Toni, and Linda |
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Wright Tomasetti and her husband, Barry; to his grandchildren, |
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Laura and Julia Gabriel, Christopher Wright, and Barry, Corey, and |
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Kerry Tomasetti; to his great-grandson, Nathan Wright; to his |
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grandniece, Hayley Millsap; to his sister, Suzanne Gillis; to his |
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brother, Michael Wright; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Clymer |
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Wright, Jr. |