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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of William Phillips of Canton, who passed away on February |
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17, 2013, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Billy Phillips was born on July 18, 1935, in Caddo |
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Gap, Arkansas, to Lee Roy Diffie and Minnie Lee Johnson Diffie; he |
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served his country in the Korean War as a member of the U.S. Army, |
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and he worked as a truck driver for more than three and a half |
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decades, including 21 years with Texas Oklahoma Express; Mr. |
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Phillips logged three million miles without a single accident or |
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ticket, and he also won multiple trophies in truck rodeo |
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competitions; in his leisure time he enjoyed gold prospecting and |
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participating in First Monday Trade Days; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of faith, Mr. Phillips belonged to the |
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Wentworth Church of Christ and helped to minister to members of the |
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church living in nursing homes; he shared 55 years of marriage with |
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his wife, Elizabeth, and was the father of two children, William and |
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Jillinda; with the passing years, he welcomed 10 grandchildren and |
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14 great-grandchildren into his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Billy Phillips lived a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and he will be deeply missed by all |
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those who had the good fortune to know him; 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 Billy Phillips and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Elizabeth Phillips; to his son, William Robert Phillips II, and his |
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wife, Melinda; to his daughter, Jillinda Smith, and her husband, |
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Troy; to his grandchildren, Steve, Joey, Robbie, Josh, Will, and |
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Justin Phillips, Kimberly Townsend, Stephanie Countryman, Ryan |
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Stone, and Timmy Smith; to his great-grandchildren; and to his |
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other 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 Billy |
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Phillips. |