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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 985
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In Memory |
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of |
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Anthony Nicholas |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of longtime San Antonio attorney Anthony |
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Nicholas, who died May 7, 2011, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Anthony Nicholas was born December 1, 1926, and he |
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was raised and educated in Austin; after graduating from Stephen |
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F. Austin High School, he joined the United States Navy during |
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World War II and served in the Asian and South Pacific Theaters; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, He returned to Austin and attended The University |
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of Texas School of Law; in 1951 he began his career as a |
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prosecutor with the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's |
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Office; he served as assistant criminal district attorney, and he |
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was appointed chief prosecutor of the newly created Criminal |
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District Court Number 2, later the 175th District Court of Bexar |
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County; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1957 Anthony Nicholas and Roy R. Barrera, Sr., |
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formed a legal partnership that would become one of the longest |
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unchanged partnerships in the history of San Antonio; on its 50th |
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anniversary, in 2007, the partnership was featured in Texas |
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Lawyer magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Nicholas was a member of local, state, and |
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national bar associations and was admitted to practice before the |
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United States Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and state |
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and federal district courts; he was a member of the original |
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board of directors of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and |
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served as director for eight years; and |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished and much-admired gentleman, |
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Anthony Nicholas was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, |
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and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by |
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his family and his 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 Anthony Nicholas: his wife, B. A. Nicholas; his sons, |
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Stephen Nicholas and Drue Nicholas; his grandchildren, Michael |
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and Kaelyn Nicholas; his stepchildren, Tracy Langlois, Stacy |
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Ricks, and Asa Beach; and his step-grandchildren, Nicole and Ryan |
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Langlois, Josie and Duke Mitchell, and Asa, Natalie, and Sophie |
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Beach; 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 Anthony Nicholas. |
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Uresti |
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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 May 13, 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 |