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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, June 11, 2011, marks the 50th wedding anniversary of |
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David and Caroline Pierce of Houston, and this joyous event |
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provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on their memorable |
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journey together as husband and wife; and |
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WHEREAS, David Pierce and the former Caroline Ridling met in |
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1959 as seniors at the University of Oklahoma; immediately after |
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their graduation in 1961, they were joined in matrimony at a |
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ceremony held in the bride's hometown of Ada, Oklahoma; through the |
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years, the couple have been blessed with a treasured family that |
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includes two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Annie and Robert |
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and Amy, and six grandchildren, Ellery, Luc, Kendall, Kyle, |
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Kaitlyn, and Kamren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Pierce grew up in Velma, Oklahoma, and he played |
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baseball and participated in ROTC at OU; after receiving his |
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commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he was stationed |
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at Fort Hood; he later earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in civil |
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engineering from The University of Texas at Austin; he currently |
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serves as an independent consultant to oil and gas companies; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Pierce holds a master's degree from UT, and she |
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was employed at the school's counseling institute; active in her |
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community, she has volunteered for the Texas Medical Center and the |
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Assistance League of Houston; she has also worked on numerous |
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political campaigns and attended five national Republican |
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conventions, and she holds membership in the Magic Circle |
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Republican Women's Club; moreover, she and her husband have |
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volunteered on presidential campaigns and attended inaugurals for |
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Presidents Reagan and Bush; and |
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WHEREAS, Residents of Houston since 1968, the Pierces enjoy |
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playing golf, and they are valued congregants of St. Martin's |
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Episcopal Church, where Mrs. Pierce serves on the Altar Guild; the |
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couple have seen the world together, visiting 48 countries; they |
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have also resided for brief periods in England, France, Italy, and |
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Argentina; and |
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WHEREAS, Inspired by her many enjoyable trips with the |
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Pierces, State Representative Beverly Woolley penned the following |
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poem to commemorate their travels: |
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London, Paris, the South of France, |
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Jordan, Israel, and all the rest. |
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We've walked, we've climbed, even sailed the sea. |
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We've had great times and many sights did see. |
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However the tale that best to me, |
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Is the way Caroline just won't let things be. |
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She reads, she studies, twiddles and tweaks |
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Instead of ten days, we stayed for three weeks! |
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Caroline always in her most gracious, genteel way |
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Comes up with planning, just one more day. |
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However, a rebellion Caroline did incite |
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When heading back as there was no more light. |
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Our ears did not believe what she did say, |
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"We can make it to another sight if we turn this way." |
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Well the rest of us roared with all our might, |
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"We're going to the bar for the rest of the night!!!" |
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WHEREAS, The 50 years of marriage that David and Caroline |
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Pierce have shared is eloquent affirmation of the meaning of love |
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and commitment, and their enduring union is an inspiration to all |
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who know 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 congratulate David and Caroline Pierce on their |
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golden wedding anniversary and extend to them sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Pierce as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |