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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1004
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In Memory |
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of |
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Clifton Gilmore, Jr. |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Clifton Gilmore, Jr., who died May 2, |
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2011, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Clifton Gilmore was born November 17, 1930, to |
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Clifton Gilmore, Sr., and Bernice Paul Gilmore; he lost his mother at |
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an early age, and he and his four sisters were raised by their father, |
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their paternal grandmother, and, later, their stepmother; and |
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WHEREAS, He attended schools in New York and joined the |
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United States Army, serving in the Transportation Corps; he |
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married in 1955 and became the proud father of two daughters and a |
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son; over the next two decades, Mr. Gilmore took his family around |
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the world with him as he traveled on military assignments; and |
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WHEREAS, After 21 years of service, he retired from the Army |
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and began teaching high school military science in the Washington, |
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D.C., public school system; he completed course work at District of |
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Columbia Teachers College, and a few years later, he became a labor |
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relations specialist with the federal government in Washington; |
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following his retirement from that job, he began a third career as a |
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manager in security and logistics at the International Monetary |
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Fund in Washington, D.C.; and |
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WHEREAS, A devout Christian and the son of an ordained |
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minister, Mr. Gilmore took his children to church regularly; while |
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in Washington, D.C., he joined Metropolitan Baptist Church, where |
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he served as an usher and was later appointed to the deacon board; |
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for the last decade, he lived in Wadesboro, North Carolina, where |
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he was a member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and was |
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active in the Angel Food Ministry; a wise and generous man, Clifton |
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Gilmore lived a full and productive life, and he was respected and |
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admired by all who knew him; he was a devoted father and a treasure |
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to his family and 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 pay tribute to the life of Clifton Gilmore, |
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Jr., and extend sincere condolences to his bereaved family: his |
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daughters and son-in-law, Judge Vanessa Gilmore and Pamela and |
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Terrance Wilson; his son, David Gilmore; his sister, Hermine |
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Burton; and his two grandsons; 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 Clifton Gilmore, Jr. |
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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 May 16, 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 |