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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and |
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talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better |
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place through their actions, and Bud Allan Price of Waco, who passed |
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away on April 27, 2011, at the age of 76, was indeed one such person; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Bud Price was born in Kilgore on March 31, 1935, to |
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Donald Price, Sr., and Juanita Price; after graduating from Pine |
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Tree High School in Greggton in 1953, he attended Baylor |
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University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business |
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administration in 1958; immediately after college, he answered his |
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nation's call to duty by enlisting in the U.S. Army, and he was |
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stationed in Munich, Germany, for most of his service; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his discharge from the military in 1960, |
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Mr. Price returned to East Texas and accepted a job as an accountant |
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in Longview; in 1962, he began his distinguished banking career |
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when he became a commissioned national bank examiner with the |
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Office of the Controller of the Currency, United States Treasury |
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Department; he served in that capacity in Longview and Dallas, and |
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he later led the Corpus Christi office; in 1966, he joined the |
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National City Bank of Waco, where he served as vice president and |
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senior president in charge of loans until 1979, when he became |
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director and president of Robinson State Bank; in 1988, he was hired |
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as director and president of Waco State Bank; and |
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WHEREAS, During his tenure with Waco State Bank, the |
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institution merged with Robinson State Bank to form Fidelity Bank |
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of Texas, which Mr. Price continued to serve as president and |
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director; he also served as chair of the board and as the chief |
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executive officer and president of its holding company, Fidelity |
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Bancshares, Inc.; at the time of his retirement, he had more than 42 |
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years of experience in the banking industry; and |
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WHEREAS, This highly accomplished gentleman played an active |
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role in his community as well and he contributed his time to |
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numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Waco |
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Clearing House Association, the Texas Association of Business, |
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Downtown Waco, Inc., the Waco-McLennan County Library Board, the |
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Friends of the Library Board, the Freeman Center, the American Red |
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Cross, Rebuilding Together of Greater Waco, and the Texas Bankers |
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Association; he also shared his expertise with Lott State Bank and |
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Pakrite Plastics and on the advisory board of the Heart of Texas |
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Council of Governments and the Heart of Texas Region Mental Health |
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Mental Retardation Center; and |
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WHEREAS, A former director and treasurer of the Texas Ranger |
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Hall of Fame and Museum, Mr. Price participated in a host of other |
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worthy groups such as several chambers of commerce, the Kiwanis |
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Club, the Baylor Alumni Association, Waco Masonic Lodge No. 92, and |
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the Masonic Knights Templar, Waco Commandry No. 10; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite his many professional and civic |
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commitments, Mr. Price made his family and faith his main |
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priorities in life; he enjoyed a rewarding marriage of 47 years with |
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his wife, the former Helen Hardy, whom he wed on August 31, 1963, |
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and he was the father of two sons, Craig and Bradley; he joined the |
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congregation of the First Baptist Church of Waco in 1966, and he |
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served on many church committees, and was ordained as a deacon in |
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1990; a president of the McCall Sunday school class, he was also a |
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seven-year member of the Bible Study Fellowship; and |
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WHEREAS, In his free time, Mr. Price carved pipes and made |
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tampers and collected unique tobacco tins and pipes, as well as |
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books, steins, canes, and knives; he enjoyed reading and classical |
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music, and his other hobbies included hunting, fishing, cooking, |
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bartering, crafting belt buckles, and playing "84" with family and |
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friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Bud Allan Price lived a rich and purposeful life, |
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and he will long be remembered with deep affection by all who were |
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privileged to know him; 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 memory of Bud Allan Price and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Helen Price; to his son, Craig Price; to his brothers and |
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sisters-in-law, Donald Price, Jr., and Martha Price and Gary and |
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Sherry Taylor; to his sister and brother-in-law, Pamela and Fred |
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Christy; 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 Bud Allan |
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Price. |