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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 Melvyn E. Drake of Waco, who passed away on May 5, 2011, at the |
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age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Rosebud to James and Reba Drake on March 28, |
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1924, Mel Drake graduated from high school in Ft. Worth and attended |
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Texas Christian University; he served in the United States Army Air |
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Corps during World War II and retired from State Farm Insurance in |
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1999 after a career as a local agent; and |
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WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by the love of his life, the |
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former Betty Graham, with whom he enjoyed 64 years of marriage; |
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together, they raised four daughters, and with the passing years |
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the family grew to include eight grandchildren and six |
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great-grandchildren; Mr. Drake was a member of Central Christian |
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Church in Waco and volunteered in the cardio surgical department |
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with the Providence Hospital Auxiliary; and |
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WHEREAS, Mel Drake enjoyed a life that was filled with |
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meaningful accomplishments, and he is deeply missed by all those |
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who held him dear; 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 Melvyn E. Drake and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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daughters, Sherry Ricks and her husband, Henry, Jan Jolly and her |
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husband, Allen, Joan Drake, and Tracy Bussey; to his grandchildren, |
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David Graves, Lindsay Turner, James Maguire, Caitlin Maguire, |
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Jordan Drake, Marley Goodwin, and Luke Bussey; to his six |
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great-grandchildren; to his sister, Joyce Norwood, and her husband, |
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Joe; 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 Melvyn E. |
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Drake. |