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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends celebrate the life of James Reed |
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Dunaway of Fort Worth, who passed away on May 22, 2011, at the age of |
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88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Crowley on February 16, 1923, "Punkin" |
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Dunaway was raised in Fort Worth by his parents, Carrie and Bill |
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Dunaway; he graduated from Paschal High School in 1940 and enlisted |
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in the United States Navy in December 1942; during his three-year |
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naval career, he served in the Pacific theater on the USS |
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Corregidor, Boxer, and Marcus, and he maintained warm friendships |
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with his former Boxer shipmates until his passing; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1943, Mr. Dunaway met his match and future wife, |
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Sally McKee; they were married 65 years before her passing in the |
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summer of 2008; their love was a blessing to all who knew them and |
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particularly to their children, grandchildren, and |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dunaway returned to Texas following his naval |
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service and began surveying as an employee of the City of Fort |
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Worth; in the late 1950s, he and his wife started Dunaway Surveying |
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with several employees in the new garage behind their home; the |
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company surveyed most of Fort Worth from the 1950s to the early |
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1980s, when it was merged into Dunaway Associates, LP; Mr. Dunaway |
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was a member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and |
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remained active in local and state surveyors associations after his |
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retirement in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime member of St. Paul United Methodist |
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Church, Mr. Dunaway participated in its Fellowship Sunday School |
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Class; he was also a member of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association |
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and the Masonic Lodge, among other organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dunaway was the dearly loved "Papa" of five |
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grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; he and Mrs. Dunaway |
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took special interest in each one, and they shared many happy times |
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and travels with them; and |
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WHEREAS, Although his wise and encouraging words, playful |
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spirit, and genuine love will be deeply missed by those he left |
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behind, memories of James Dunaway will forever be treasured by all |
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those 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 James Reed "Punkin" |
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Dunaway and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his children, Barbara Wiegand and James R. Dunaway and |
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his wife, Carol; to his grandchildren, Cami Thompson and her |
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husband, James, Clif Wiegand and his wife, Schuyler, Christy Smith |
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and her husband, Jason, Scott Dunaway and his wife, Susan, and Brian |
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Dunaway; to his great-grandchildren, Sadie and Tinsley Thompson, |
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Winn and Reed Smith, Ann, Ashley, and Jon Dunaway, and Kingsley |
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Wiegand; to his brothers, Bill and his wife, Louise, and Foy and his |
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wife, Virdie; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 James Reed |
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"Punkin" Dunaway. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2746 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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