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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of William Peterson Bandy of Dallas, who passed away on |
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April 13, 2013, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on February 19, 1928, Bill Bandy graduated from |
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Sunset High School in Dallas and spent many years on the road as a |
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medical supply salesman; in 1980, he established United Medical |
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Supply, and he went on to build the business into one of the largest |
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independent medical suppliers in the Southwest; after selling the |
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company in 2001, Mr. Bandy became an outspoken advocate for health |
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care reform, speaking out in particular of his concern about the |
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rising cost of health care; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Mr. Bandy was the proud |
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father of three children, Cyndy, Bill, and Shannon, and he |
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delighted in his four grandchildren; in his leisure time, he took |
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great pleasure in his love of jazz music and boating on Lake Texoma; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Bandy 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 William Peterson |
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Bandy and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his children, Cyndy Severson, Bill Bandy and his wife, Susan, and |
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Shannon Hollandsworth and her husband, Skip; to his grandchildren, |
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Meryn Shannon and her husband, Jonathan, Kendra Harmon and her |
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husband, Braden, Hailey Nicholson and her husband, Parker, and |
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Tyler Hollandsworth; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Bill Bandy. |