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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Jack Hinton Havis, a longtime resident of Baytown, on |
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April 27, 2013, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Hinton and Bonnie Havis in the Pelly |
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community on January 3, 1925, Jack Havis graduated from Cedar Bayou |
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High School in Baytown before being drafted into the United States |
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Army Air Forces in 1943; he attended aircraft mechanic school in |
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Reno, Nevada, and was deployed with the 9th Air Force to England, |
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where he served with the 365th Fighter Group and the 36th Mobile |
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Reclamation and Repair Unit, recovering and restoring downed |
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aircraft; he landed in Normandy shortly after the Allied invasion |
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and served in France and Germany through the end of the war; and |
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WHEREAS, After returning to the States, Mr. Havis attended |
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Lee College and began a long and productive career with Lubrizol |
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Corporation; he worked in the company's Deer Park and Bayport |
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plants and retired in 1986 after 32 years of dedicated service; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Havis found a life partner in his wife, Janice |
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Havis, with whom he shared more than six decades; the couple were |
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blessed with two sons, Dwayne and Neal; and |
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WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Mr. Havis enjoyed his |
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membership in the Bayshore Fine Rides Car Club and the Lubrizol |
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Legends; he was an avid fisherman and hunter, and he took special |
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pleasure in tending to the fruit trees, hibiscus plants, and cream |
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peas in his backyard garden; and |
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WHEREAS, Jack Havis 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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forever 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 Jack Hinton Havis |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Janice Havis; to his sons, Dwayne Havis and his wife, Celeste, |
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and Neal Havis; to his sister-in-law, Nan Bishop Owens; to his |
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sister, Mary Clanton, and her husband, Dalton; to his niece, Alecia |
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Boxley, and her husband, Edwin; 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 Jack Hinton |
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Havis. |
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Smith |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2139 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 17, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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