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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 577
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In Memory |
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of |
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A. Louis Patterson III |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Pastor A. Louis Patterson III, an |
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inspirational and influential minister, who died recently; and |
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WHEREAS, A. Louis Patterson III was born in San Bernardino, |
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California, and grew up in Houston; he attended Houston Baptist |
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University and Texas Southern University before earning a |
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bachelor's degree in business administration from historic |
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Morehouse College; and |
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WHEREAS, He accepted his call to the ministry in 1992, and |
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began a course of study at Dallas Theological Seminary; he went |
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on to further his education at Regent's Park College at Oxford |
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University, where he studied homiletics and theology; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Pastor Patterson |
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preached at numerous citywide revivals and national conferences |
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in addition to his duties at the churches he served, which |
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included Mount Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, Oak Cliff |
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Bible Fellowship, Friendship-West Baptist Church, and the |
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historic Sims Chapel Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, He was the founder and pastor of the Love Church |
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in Dallas; he also served on the board of Carver Bible College in |
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Atlanta and as treasurer of On Point Ministries, and was |
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published in the journal, The African American Pulpit; and |
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WHEREAS, Pastor Patterson was a man of courage, strength, |
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and an abiding faith that he practiced in his daily life; he was |
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beloved by his family and many friends, and he will long be |
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remembered with affection and admiration by all those who were |
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privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family and friends of A. Louis Patterson III; 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 Senate, |
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and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of |
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A. Louis Patterson III. |
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Ellis |
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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 March 22, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |