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WHEREAS, A diamond wedding anniversary is truly cause for a |
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celebration, and on August 4, 2013, Dr. Charles Leon Branch and |
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Mrs. Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch of San Antonio marked this momentous |
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milestone in their marriage; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple met in Nashville, Tennessee, while |
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Dr. Branch, a native of Crockett County, Tennessee, was a student |
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at Vanderbilt University Medical School and the former Sylvia Lee |
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Boswell was enrolled at Peabody College; they were married on |
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August 4, 1953, in the bride's hometown of Lakeland, Florida; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Branch have exemplified the qualities |
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of leadership and outstanding citizenship for their five children, |
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18 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, whom they have inspired |
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to achieve success, and return service to many, in their respective |
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fields of endeavor; their children and extended family include four |
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sons, Charles L. Branch, Jr., M.D., Chief of Neurosurgery at Wake |
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Forest University Baptist Memorial Hospital, and his wife, Lesa |
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W. Branch, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and their five |
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children, Byron, Daniel, Leslie, Courtney, and Emily Branch; Warren |
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B. Branch, D.D.S., 2011 Texas Dentist of the Year and past |
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president of the San Antonio Dental Society, and his wife, Melissa |
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W. Branch, of San Antonio; Daniel H. Branch, Esq., Chairman of the |
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Committee on Higher Education in the Texas House of Representatives |
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and shareholder of Winstead P.C., and his wife, Stacey S. Branch, |
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of Dallas, and their five children, Daniel Jr., Spencer, Catherine, |
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Charles, and Sarah Branch; and Alfred C. Branch, President/CEO of |
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the Moriah Real Estate Company L.L.C., and his wife, Judy |
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L. Branch, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Midland, and their two |
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children, Meagan and Lee Branch; and one daughter, Cynthia Lee |
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Branch Adams, and her husband, Donald F. Adams, M.D., a prominent |
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ophthalmologist, of San Antonio, and their six children, Henson, |
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Alexandra, Samantha, Harrison, Henry, and Sarah Adams; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Branch began her undergraduate education at |
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Florida Christian College, known today as Florida College, and she |
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went on to graduate from Peabody College, known today as a part of |
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Vanderbilt University; throughout her marriage, she has placed her |
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family at the top of her priority list as a dedicated homemaker |
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along with her service as a teacher at MacArthur Park Church of |
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Christ, while also becoming a respected civic leader and community |
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volunteer; a tireless helper at her children's schools, she served |
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as president of the PTA at Serna Elementary School, John Nance |
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Garner Middle School, and Douglas MacArthur High School in San |
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Antonio's Northeast ISD and has served the greater community as |
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well as president of the Bexar County Medical Society Auxiliary; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Branch attended Lipscomb College, known today |
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as Lipscomb University, and graduated from Vanderbilt University |
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and its medical school; he completed a neurosurgical residency at |
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the University of Chicago, received a fellowship to Montreal's |
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McGill University, and began his practice in neurosurgery at the |
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Montreal Neurological Institute under the service of Dr. Wilder |
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Penfield, one of North America's leading neurosurgeons at that |
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time; Dr. Branch was a clinical professor at McGill University and |
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at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and |
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a distinguished guest lecturer at the University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has been widely published on |
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a host of neurological and neurosurgical topics, and has further |
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distinguished himself as a member of the Society of University |
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Neurosurgeons, one of the earliest members of the Harvey Cushing |
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Society, now known as the American Association of Neurological |
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Surgeons (AANS), as the recipient of the 2004 AANS Humanitarian |
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Award for his medical mission work in Nigeria, Haiti, and Guyana, as |
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the namesake for the Dr. Charles L. Branch Award at UT Dallas Brain |
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Health Center, and as vice chair of the board of trustees and |
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trustee emeritus of Oklahoma Christian University; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout six decades of marriage, the Branches |
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have made their home in Chicago, Illinois; Montreal, Quebec, |
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Canada; and San Antonio, where they remain valued members of the |
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community; the couple are active members of the MacArthur Park |
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Church of Christ, where Dr. Branch is an elder, teacher, and |
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medical missionary, and Mrs. Branch is a longtime children's |
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teacher; in addition, she is an active board member of T |
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he Christian |
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Chronicle newspaper; Dr. Branch is the founder of and, along with |
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Mrs. Branch, acts as general partner for the Branch Ranch holdings |
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in Geronimo; and |
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WHEREAS, Together, Dr. and Mrs. Branch have shared the |
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trials and triumphs of six decades, and it is a pleasure to join in |
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honoring their enduring union; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Charles |
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Leon Branch, Sr., and Mrs. Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch on the joyous |
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occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Branch as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 60 was adopted by the House on August 5, |
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2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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