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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of James Henry Carroll, who passed away on December 1, 2011, at the |
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age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, Jimmy Carroll was born on August 21, 1938, in |
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Dilley; he was the quarterback for the 1955 Dilley High School |
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championship football team, and he later earned an athletic |
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scholarship to Baylor University; and |
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WHEREAS, After college, Mr. Carroll returned to Dilley and |
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married his high school sweetheart, Peggy Mannen; the couple shared |
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many happy years together before her passing, and, over the course |
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of their marriage, their family grew to include two sons, Lee and |
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Lane, as well as six grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Carroll was employed by McDonough Brothers and |
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the Longhorn Cement Company for 17 years; he went on to serve as |
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senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Alamo Cement |
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Company in San Antonio for two decades; Mr. Carroll was also an avid |
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outdoorsman; and |
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WHEREAS, Jimmy Carroll lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who |
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held him close to their hearts; 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 memory of James Henry Carroll |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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sons, Lee Carroll and his wife, Ruth, and Lane Carroll and his wife, |
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Traci; to his siblings, Mary Hunter, Bob Carroll, and Bill Carroll; |
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to his six grandchildren, Wade, Chelsea, Gregory, Hannah, Addison, |
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and Laney; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 James Henry |
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Carroll. |