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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Robert Clarence Pittard of San Antonio, who passed away on |
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September 2, 2011, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Pittard was born on March 14, 1927, in |
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Plainfiel |
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d, New Jersey, to Moses and Cora Burton Pittard; for 20 |
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years, he served his nation as an air defense artillery officer in |
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the U.S. Army, and he retired at Fort Bliss in 1970 at the rank of |
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lieutenant colonel; four decades later, his son, Major General Dana |
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J. H. Pittard, would serve as post commander of the El Paso base; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Following his retirement from the military, |
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Lieutenant Colonel Pittard went on to own several businesses in El |
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Paso; in 1980, he moved to San Antonio, where he was a valued member |
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of Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church; in his leisure time, |
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this avid sportsman especially enjoyed bowling; and |
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WHEREAS, The loss of Lieutenant Colonel Pittard is keenly |
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felt by the numerous friends that he made through the years as well |
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as by the many people in Texas whose lives he forever enriched; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert Clarence |
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Pittard and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his children, Paulette Evon Boggs, Robert Chris Pittard, |
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and Dana J. H. Pittard; to his grandchildren, Michael Boggs, Jr., |
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Whitney Boggs, and Danielle, Alanna, Taylor, and Jordan Pittard; |
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and to his other loved ones, including Karen, Lucille, Felicia, and |
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Betty Green Pittard, Debbie Mitchell, and Rilmer Taylor; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Robert |
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Clarence Pittard. |
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Marquez |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 110 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 25, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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