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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Wallace Daryl Williams, who passed away on May 30, 2013, at the |
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age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Fort Worth on December 24, 1950, to Roy and |
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Myrtle Manley Williams, Mr. Williams graduated from R. L. Paschal |
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High School in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in political |
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science and sociology from Texas A&M University--Commerce; |
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following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until |
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he was honorably discharged in 1979; he subsequently joined the |
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U.S. Air Force Reserve and served until 1983; and |
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WHEREAS, A certified teacher, Mr. Williams was employed by |
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the Fort Worth Independent School District from 1979 until his |
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death; he also worked as a legislative aide to former State |
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Representative Garfield Thompson; active in politics at the local |
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and state levels, he served as president of the Fort Worth Chapter |
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of the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, as a Tarrant County |
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Steering Committee member for Barack Obama's presidential |
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campaign, as a precinct chair and as financial secretary to the |
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Tarrant County Precinct Workers Council, and as a delegate to the |
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Texas State Democratic Party Convention; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a charter member of his |
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undergraduate chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity; he was also a |
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life member of the fraternity, a member of multiple alumni |
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chapters, and a representative to the Tarrant County Pan-Hellenic |
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Council; he belonged to New Fellowship Baptist Church and sang in |
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its male chorus; and |
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WHEREAS, While his death brings immeasurable sorrow to his |
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loved ones, Wallace Williams leaves behind a legacy that will long |
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be treasured by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Wallace Daryl Williams and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of his family: to his mother, Myrtle Manley; to his aunts, |
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Mildred Rolla, Nadine Hobbs and her husband, Lacy, Bobbie Johnson, |
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and Dorothy Taylor and her husband, Elbert; to his uncle, Milton |
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Amie; to his special friend and fraternity brother, T. A. Sims; to |
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his godsister, Jackie Spinks; and to his other relatives, Kappa |
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Alpha Psi brothers, and many friends; and, be it 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 Wallace |
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Daryl Williams. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 120 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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