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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Charles Wayne Smith, a longtime coach and |
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administrator in the San Angelo school district, passed away on |
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December 26, 2011, at the age of 78, leaving his loved ones to |
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reflect on a life that was rich in meaningful accomplishments; and |
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WHEREAS, The youngest of 10 children, Chuck Smith was born on |
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April 6, 1933, in Sweetwater to Paul and Allie Smith; his family |
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subsequently moved to Sunnymead, California, and he spent the rest |
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of his youth there, graduating from Riverside Polytechnic High |
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School; he returned to Texas to attend college at Abilene Christian |
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University on a football and track scholarship, and while a student |
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there he met his future wife, Patricia Anne Horton; following |
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college, he played professional football with the San Francisco |
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49ers, and he and Miss Horton exchanged their wedding vows during |
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his rookie season, in 1956; and |
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WHEREAS, After injuries ended his career as a player, Mr. |
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Smith came back to Texas with his wife and settled in San Angelo; |
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for the next 36 years, he taught math, coached football and track, |
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and served in administrative positions in the San Angelo |
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Independent School District; his distinguished record in education |
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and student athletics included a coaching role with the San Angelo |
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Central High School Bobcats during their 1966 state championship |
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year and a stint as head coach and athletic director with the San |
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Angelo Lake View High School Chiefs from 1969 to 1972; he served as |
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an assistant principal and as principal at John H. Glenn Middle |
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School and later as purchasing director for the San Angelo ISD until |
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his retirement in 1994; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Smith enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife and his family, which grew to include three |
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children, Carl, Vin, and Deanne, as well as six grandchildren and a |
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great-grandchild; and |
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WHEREAS, Chuck Smith lived a full and generous life centered |
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on his family and his community, and he will long be remembered with |
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deep affection by all those who were privileged to know him; 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 Chuck Smith and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Anne Smith; to his sons, Carl Smith and his wife, Terry, and |
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Vin Smith; to his daughter, Deanne Goen, and her husband, Scot; to |
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his grandchildren, Brad, Steven, Amanda, and Grady Smith, Chad |
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Goen, and Jessica Rawls and her husband, Daniel; to his |
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great-grandchild, Holly Anna Rawls; to his sister, Carla Phillips, |
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and her husband, Herman; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Chuck |
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Smith. |