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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 Roy Chester Gentry of Odessa, who passed away on February 1, |
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2013, at the age of 70; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of the Reverend Willie Gentry and Lillie |
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Gentry, Roy Gentry was born in Taylor on May 18, 1942; he grew up in |
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Odessa, graduated from Blackshear High School and Odessa College, |
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and earned a degree in sociology from The University of Texas of the |
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Permian Basin; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Gentry served the congregation of Bethel |
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Baptist Church as pastor from 1975 until the time of his passing; he |
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was also employed for a time by the Ector County Independent School |
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District as a suspension teacher; Mr. Gentry took an active role in |
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numerous charitable organizations, including Head Start, United |
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Way, Crime Stoppers, Harmony Home, and the Globe Theatre; and |
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WHEREAS, He shared a fulfilling marriage with his wife, |
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Laura, and was the father of three daughters, Daphne, Kesia, and |
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Regina, and a son, Chetwin, who preceded him in death; with the |
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passing years, Mr. Gentry welcomed into his family 8 grandchildren |
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and 10 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Roy Gentry enjoyed a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and he is deeply missed by all those |
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who held him dear; 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 Roy Chester Gentry |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Laura Gentry; to his children and their spouses, Daphne |
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Gentry, Kesia and Steven Gregory, and Regina and Jeff Jackson; to |
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his brothers, Robert, Johnny, Charles, Ronnie, and Larry and his |
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wife, Debbie; to his sister, LoEtta; to his grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Roy Chester |
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Gentry. |