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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 57
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In Memory |
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Hunter Mason Morris |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of the Reverend-Canon Hunter Mason Morris, |
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who died December 22, 2010, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Hunter Mason Morris was born on April 23, 1933, in |
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San Angelo to Gilbert Marvin Morris and Doris Mason Morris; he |
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moved with his family to Austin when he was a child; he attended |
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Austin High School, served as a delegate to the Texas Student |
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Council, and continued to serve his 1951 graduating class as |
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chairman for various class reunions; and |
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WHEREAS, He attended The University of Texas at Austin, |
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where he was in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and |
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he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States |
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Marine Corps upon graduation; he had a distinguished career in |
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the military and moved from serving his country to serving his |
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church; and |
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WHEREAS, He attended the Episcopal Seminary of the |
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Southwest in Austin and was ordained at the Church of the Good |
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Shepherd; he then served as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church |
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in Crockett and then as assistant rector at Saint John the Divine |
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in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, During his long career with the church, he served |
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as executive director of the Episcopal Mission Society in New |
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York City and as executive officer in the Diocese of Arizona, |
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where he was made canon; he was also president of the United |
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States Conference of Diocesan Executives, regional director of |
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the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and rector of |
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Emmanuel Church in Lockhart; and |
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WHEREAS, He was especially active as a progressive |
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community leader in Houston in the 1960s; he served as executive |
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director of Protestant Charities, and he founded the influential |
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Houston Metropolitan Ministries; in recognition of his |
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interfaith work and his support of the civil rights movement, he |
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was an invited faith dignitary in the funeral procession of the |
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Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968; and |
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WHEREAS, A highly respected and esteemed church and |
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community leader, Hunter Morris had a positive influence on the |
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lives of many people; he ran Camp Allen, an Episcopal Church camp |
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in East Texas, for many summers, and he was active with the Lions |
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Club and the Rotary Club; he raised funds for the Boy Scouts of |
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America and assisted local service agencies in Austin; he also |
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remained active in the Navy Reserve as a Marine chaplain; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a descendent of early Texas pioneers and |
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was proud of his ancestry; a born leader, decorated war veteran, |
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ecumenical church leader, devoted family man, and true-blue |
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Texan, Hunter Mason Morris lived life to the fullest; he enjoyed |
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camping, bass fishing, gardening, philately, and spending time |
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with his grandchildren; a devoted husband, father, and |
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grandfather, he leaves behind memories that will be treasured |
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forever by his family and all those who had the good fortune of |
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knowing him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of the Reverend-Canon |
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Hunter Mason Morris and extend sincere condolences to his |
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bereaved family; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of the Reverend-Canon Hunter Mason Morris. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2011, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |