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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 855
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In Memory |
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of |
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Ted Lee Bullard |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of former Corpus Christi police officer Ted |
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Lee Bullard, who died April 10, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Ted Lee Bullard was born in Lenna, Oklahoma, in |
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the Creek Indian Nation; he graduated from Corpus Christi High |
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School in 1948 and studied at Sam Houston College; he received a |
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bachelor of science degree from Texas A&I University and did |
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postgraduate work at Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, After serving three and one-half years with the |
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Corpus Christi Fire Department, he joined the Corpus Christi Police |
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Department in 1953; over the next 40 years, he rose through the |
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ranks to become vice commander of Special Services and Criminal |
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Investigations and Police Chief of Detectives; he then served as |
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head of security for the greyhound racetrack for eight years; and |
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WHEREAS, After retiring, he moved to Nordheim, Texas, where he |
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attended Saint Paul's Lutheran Church; a member of the Masonic Lodge |
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in Yorktown, he was a Scottish Rite Mason and an Al Amin Shriner; and |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished and highly respected gentleman, |
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Mr. Bullard was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and |
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he leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by his |
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family and many friends; 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 of Ted Lee Bullard: his wife of 61 years, Ramona Perry |
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Bullard; his daughters, Sheryl Murray and Janet Doreck; his sons, |
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Ted Bullard II, Chester Bullard, and Shane Alan Bryant; and his |
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15 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; 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 Ted Lee Bullard. |
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Hinojosa |
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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 April 27, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |