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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, former colleagues, and residents |
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of the Scurry and Rosser communities are mourning the loss of Chris |
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Bowen Couch, who passed away on June 15, 2012, at the age of 53; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Bay City on September 15, 1958, to Leon Bowen |
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Couch and Joan Edith Eggleston, Chris Couch attended Forney High |
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School and was a standout athlete there; in addition to running |
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track, he played varsity football for four years, receiving |
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All-District Offensive and Defensive Player honors and designation |
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as Most Valuable Player his senior year; Mr. Couch subsequently |
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played football for Eastern Arizona State University before earning |
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his bachelor's degree from East Texas State University and a |
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master's degree and superintendent's certification from Texas A&M |
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University--Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Chris Couch served as |
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a football and powerlifting coach at North Garland High School, as |
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principal of Scurry-Rosser Middle School, and as superintendent of |
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the Scurry-Rosser Independent School District; under his guidance, |
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the middle school was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the |
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U.S. Department of Education and the district was rated "Exemplary" |
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by the Texas Education Agency; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of faith, Mr. Couch was a former elder at the |
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First Presbyterian Church in Forney, and he attended Mt. Olive |
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Baptist Church in Scurry; he was a loving family man who treasured |
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his wife, Lana, and his children, Thomas, Ali, and Lindsay; and |
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WHEREAS, Chris Couch distinguished himself as an outstanding |
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leader and administrator, and those who were blessed to share in the |
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richness of his life will forever hold him close in their hearts; |
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now, 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 life of Chris Bowen Couch and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Lana Montgomery Couch; to his children, Thomas Gordon Couch, Ali |
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Montgomery Couch, and Lindsay Lee Bowen Couch; to his mother, Joan |
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Couch Oehlschlaeger; to his brothers, Mark Couch and his wife, |
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Laurie, and Bruce Couch and his wife, Lisa; to his sister, Ginny |
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Pruet, and her husband, James; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Chris Bowen |
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Couch. |