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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 Victor A. Shelton of Frisco, who passed away on April 11, 2013, |
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at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Montie and Victor Logan Shelton, Victor |
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Shelton was born on October 25, 1927, in Hedley; he graduated from |
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West Texas A&M University in Canyon, earning his master's degree, |
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and enjoyed a career as an elementary school teacher; from 1952 |
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until 1956, he served his country as a sergeant in the U.S. Air |
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Force; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Shelton shared six rewarding decades of marriage |
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with his wife, Helen, before her passing; they were devoted parents |
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to their three children, Cynthia, Terri, and Tracy, and over the |
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years, their family grew to include six grandchildren and two |
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great-grandchildren; together, the couple were valued congregants |
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at First Baptist Church of Frisco; and |
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WHEREAS, Victor Shelton lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and all those who had the good fortune to share in his love and |
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friendship will forever carry him close to their hearts; now, |
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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 Victor A. Shelton |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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children, Cynthia Whitehead and her husband, Steve, Terri Lee |
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Hartle and her husband, Arthur, and Tracy Paul Shelton and his wife, |
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Tammie; to his grandchildren, Jennifer McCord, Lindsey McCord, |
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Holley Wakefield, Brad Shelton, Paul Whitehead, and Whitney |
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Whitehead; to his great-grandchildren, Alaina Whitehead and Austin |
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Wakefield; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Victor |
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Shelton. |