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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of |
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Nathaniel Bradshaw of Dallas, who passed away on March 24, 2013, at |
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the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on January 21, 1931, in Houston, Nathaniel |
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Bradshaw was the son of Celestine Bradshaw and James Bradshaw, Sr.; |
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he grew up with nine siblings in Colfax, Louisiana, and enlisted in |
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the United States Army in 1951, serving for three years before being |
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discharged; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bradshaw moved to Dallas in 1954 and was hired as |
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a truck driver the following year, becoming the first African |
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American driver to work for what would become Sanger-Harris; he was |
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employed by the company for more than three decades; retiring in |
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1988, he went on to drive school buses for another 17 years; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of faith, Mr. Bradshaw became an elder at the |
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East Dallas Church of Christ in 1968, and he further served the |
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church as treasurer, as a Sunday school teacher, and as the driver |
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of the church bus; in his spare time, he enjoyed fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan shared nearly six decades with |
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his beloved wife, the former Dorothy Mae Turner, whom he married in |
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1954; the couple were blessed with three daughters, Sharon, Denise, |
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and Marsha, and Mr. Bradshaw also took great pride in his grandsons, |
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Jason, Nathan, Aulston, and Kevin; and |
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WHEREAS, Nathaniel Bradshaw was a devoted husband, father, |
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and grandfather, and he leaves his family and friends with a wealth |
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of cherished memories of the many happy times spent in his company; |
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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 Nathaniel Bradshaw |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Dorothy Bradshaw; to his children, Sharon Faye Washington, |
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Denise Hervey and her husband, Charles Hervey, Jr., and Marsha Ann |
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Bradshaw; to his grandsons, Jason Hervey, Nathan Hervey and his |
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wife, Crystal, Aulston Bradshaw, and Kevin Hervey; to his sisters, |
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Barbara Culbreth and Deloris Ann Hines and her husband, Al; to his |
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brother, Herbert Bradshaw, and his wife, Betty; and to his other |
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relatives and 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 Nathaniel |
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Bradshaw. |