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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Kerrville lost an admired resident with |
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the death of Henry Earl Kilgore, Jr., on February 14, 2013, at the |
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age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, A Kerrville native, Earl Kilgore was the son of |
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Henry and Naida Kilgore; he graduated from Tivy High School in 1949 |
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and spent two years in college before serving in the United States |
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Navy during and after the Korean War; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Kilgore returned to the States and resumed his |
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studies at The University of Texas at Austin, where he met Virginia |
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"Ginger" Crawford on a blind date; six months later, on July 1, |
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1955, the couple married, and over the course of nearly six decades |
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together, their family grew to include 5 children, Stan, Karen, |
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Sandra, Terri, and Lynette, as well as 11 grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, After graduating, Mr. Kilgore continued his |
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education at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas; earning his |
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medical degree in 1962, he served as an intern and as a research |
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fellow before completing his surgery residency at Parkland Memorial |
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Hospital in 1968; and |
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WHEREAS, That year, Mr. Kilgore and his family moved back to |
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Kerrville; he opened a private practice there and worked as a |
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general surgeon until 1994, when he took on a job with the Veterans |
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Administration; he continued to practice medicine for the rest of |
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his life; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted storyteller, Mr. Kilgore loved spinning |
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tales of the Texas Hill Country and the Guadalupe River for his |
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children and grandchildren, and his infectious sense of humor was a |
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joy to all who knew him; and |
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WHEREAS, Earl Kilgore treasured the time he spent in the |
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company of his family and friends, and those he leaves behind will |
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in turn cherish their memories of this kind and caring man; 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 Henry Earl Kilgore, |
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Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Ginger Kilgore; to his children, Stan Kilgore and his |
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wife, Kathleen, Karen Freeman and her husband, Howard, Sandra |
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Adkins and her husband, Brian, Terri Hay and her husband, Daryl, and |
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Lynette Kilgore; to his grandchildren, William and Kristen Kilgore, |
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Carter, Bennett, and Teak Freeman, Tia, Preston, and Trey Adkins, |
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and Martin, Spencer, and Stuart Hay; 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 Henry Earl |
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Kilgore, Jr. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1026 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 27, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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