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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 Leotis |
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Dilworth of Dallas, who passed away on May 12, 2013, at the age of |
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69; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of J. R. Dilworth and Ruby Jewel Whitfield |
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Dilworth, Mr. Dilworth was born in Clarksville on February 3, 1944; |
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he grew up as one of 11 siblings and attended Haywood School; |
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devoted to his family, he shared a fulfilling marriage with his |
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wife, Betty, and was the proud father of five children, Jackie, |
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Lillian, Paula, Pamala, and Priscilla; over the years, he |
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experienced the pleasure of welcoming two grandchildren, Joy and |
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Austin, into his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dilworth worked for the Dallas Independent |
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School District until his retirement in 2007; a man of faith, he was |
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a valued member of Greater Mt. Hebron Missionary Baptist Church; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to share in this esteemed |
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gentleman's love and affection will forever hold him close in their |
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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 life of Leotis Dilworth and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Betty L. Dilworth; to his daughters, Jackie Vaughn and her husband, |
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Randy, Lillian Stewart, Paula D. Mountique and her husband, Sidney, |
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Pamala D. Burch, and Priscilla D. Burch-Scott and her husband, |
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Sean; to his grandchildren, Joy Vaughn and Austin DePaul Lewis; to |
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his mother, Ruby Jewel Dilworth; to his brothers, Pastor Quitman |
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Dilworth and his wife, Wanda, and Fred Dilworth; to his sisters, |
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Viola Rose, Iola Rose and her husband, M. L., Alvis "BeBe" Hodge and |
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her husband, Eddie, and Ruby Machelle Dilworth; to his aunts, |
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Beatrice Jones, Mary Smith, Connie Rucker and her husband, Thomas, |
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and Mercede Gammage; to his goddaughters, Renee Turner and her |
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husband, Andre, and Tanesha Nelson League and her husband, Byron; |
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to his godson, Ronnie Broadway; and to his many 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 Leotis |
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Dilworth. |