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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of the Texas Panhandle lost a brave and |
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admirable public servant when Elias Macias Jaquez of the Cactus |
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Volunteer Fire Department died on April 20, 2011, from injuries |
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sustained in the line of duty; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jaquez and other firefighters were battling a |
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wildfire near Dumas on April 9, 2011, when their truck became stuck |
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in rough terrain; he suffered third degree burns on more than |
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three-fifths of his body and was rushed to a burn center in Lubbock, |
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where he later passed away; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1961 in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, Elias |
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Jaquez worked for the JBS meat processing company and had been a |
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volunteer firefighter for two years; a family man, he was married to |
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Josephine Macias and was the proud father of four children, Amanda, |
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Sylvia, Micaela, and April, and a grandfather to three |
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grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, More than two dozen Panhandle towns sent fire trucks |
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to the funeral mass held for Mr. Jaquez, and firefighters from |
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across Texas and as far away as California lined up to pay their |
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respects; a benefit fund has been established in his honor at the |
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Happy State Bank; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to the safety and well-being of his fellow |
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citizens, Elias Jaquez was committed to his work as a volunteer |
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firefighter, and his courageous service and immeasurable sacrifice |
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will forever be remembered by all those who knew of him; 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 Elias Macias Jaquez |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Josephine Macias; to his daughters, Amanda Gambrell and her |
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husband, Austin Gambrell, Sylvia Macias and her husband, Javier |
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Ramos, Micaela Macias, and April Macias; to his mother, Maria |
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DeLaLuz Macias; to his brothers, Francisco Macias Jaquez, Reynaldo |
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Macias Jaquez, Juan Macias Jaquez, Jose Luis Macias Jaquez, and |
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Humberto Macias Jaquez; to his sister, Rosalia Macias Jaquez; to |
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his grandchildren, Adrian Gambrell, Alayna Gambrell, and Esven |
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Ramos; and to his other relatives and 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 Elias |
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Jaquez. |