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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 George Edwin Hamilton of Coldspring, who passed away on April 19, |
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2013, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on February 24, 1923, in Haskell, George |
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Hamilton was the son of George Newton and Minnie Bell Myers |
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Hamilton; he shared a loving marriage with his wife, Wilmuth, and |
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together the couple cherished their two sons, George and Ralph; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hamilton devoted six decades of his life to |
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Freemasonry, achieving the status of Master Mason as well as 32nd |
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Degree Scottish Rite Mason; his contributions to his lodge earned |
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him numerous honors and certificates, including the Golden Trowel |
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Award and the 60-year pin; and |
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WHEREAS, George Hamilton 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 George Edwin |
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Hamilton and extend sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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daughter-in-law, Deborah Hamilton; to his grandchildren, Christy |
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Hamilton-Dobson and her husband, Tommy, Scott Allan Hamilton, |
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George Edwin Hamilton III, and Kimberly Hamilton-Pfeiffer and her |
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husband, Mack; to his great-grandchildren, Megan Renee and Ashley |
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Christine Dobson, Zachary Allan, Ethan Shaun, Alyssa, Tristan, and |
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George Hamilton, and Derek, Karl, and Van Pfeiffer; 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 George |
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Edwin Hamilton. |