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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Beloved Quitman resident Sam White received the 2013 |
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Humanitarian Award from the Quitman Pilot Club for his many good |
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works and deeds; and |
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WHEREAS, Pilot International is a volunteer service |
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organization composed of business and professional leaders who seek |
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to give back to others and make the world a better place; Mr. White |
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is a fitting recipient of the Quitman club's award, as he has |
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generously shared his time and talents with his fellow citizens for |
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nearly half a century; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. White first started making stew for Quitman |
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events and gatherings around 1965, and he continues to do so today, |
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donating countless hours not just to preparing his famous stew but |
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also to cooking chili, barbecue, hot dogs, and hamburgers for |
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various local celebrations, as well as for churches, schools, civic |
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clubs, and fire departments; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in the Cana community outside of Quitman in |
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1928, Samuel Alvin White was the youngest child and only son of |
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Oscar and Buena White; he has lived in Wood County his whole life, |
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with the exception of the time he spent serving in the U.S. military |
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during the Korean War; he worked for Farmland Industries until |
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retiring and keeps busy today gardening, fishing, and watching |
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Westerns when he is not making chow for his friends and neighbors; a |
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man of faith, he belongs to Myrtle Springs Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. White shared 55 years of marriage with Jo |
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Blalock White, who passed away in 2010, and he is the proud father |
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of two children, Shannon and Sheree; over the years, his family has |
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also grown to include four grandsons, Michael, Shawn, Brian, and |
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Cody, as well as four great-grandchildren, Taylor, Brooke, Katelyn, |
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and Lainey; in 2011, at the age of 82, he took a cross-country train |
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trip with his grandson, Cody, to Alaska, where they embarked on a |
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cruise; afterwards, they hopped a bus and took the long way home; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Quitman is indeed fortunate to have kind, dedicated |
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residents such as Sam White, whose efforts have long brightened the |
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lives of everyone who is privileged to know him; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Sam White on his receipt of the |
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2013 Quitman Pilot Club Humanitarian Award and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. White as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Hughes |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2903 was adopted by the House on May |
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26, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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