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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 701
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In Memory |
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of |
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Charles L. Price III |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sense of loss |
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felt by the family and friends of United States Army Master |
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Sergeant Charles L. Price III of Cameron, who died on August 12, |
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2011, at the age of 40; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters |
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Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of |
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Fort Carson, Sergeant Price was killed while bravely serving his |
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country in Afghanistan; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Grace Helen Price and Charles Price, |
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Jr., Sergeant Price was born in Cameron on April 4, 1971, and |
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attended C. H. Yoe High School, where he was a member of the |
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football, basketball, baseball, and track teams; he joined the |
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army in August 1989, soon after graduation, and in the years that |
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followed he frequently saw service overseas; a veteran of the |
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first Persian Gulf War, Sergeant Price also deployed for tours in |
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the Balkans, Kuwait, Kosovo, and Iraq; this courageous soldier |
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earned numerous awards and decorations, among them the Bronze |
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Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, five Army Commendation |
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Medals, nine Army Achievement Medals, seven Army Good Conduct |
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Medals, and two National Defense Service Medals; and |
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WHEREAS, Charles Price was the devoted husband of Helen |
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Clark-Price, whom he married on March 7, 1995, and the proud |
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father of seven children; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, |
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and country, Charles Price upheld the highest ideals of the |
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United States armed forces, and his fellow citizens owe him a |
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lasting and immeasurable debt of gratitude; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Master Sergeant |
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Charles L. Price III and extend deepest sympathy to the members |
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of his family: to his wife, Helen Clark-Price; to his sons, |
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Donavon Clark, Michael Clark, and Ra'Shawn Price; to his |
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daughters, Lakrishia Price, Joshlyn Reynolds, Sha'meka Price, |
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and Sha'niya Clark; to his mother, Grace Helen Price; to his |
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grandsons, Dominick and Darrick Reynolds; to his brothers and |
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sister-in-law, Lou Eric and Diahana Jerome and Marvin Charles |
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Williams; to his sisters and brothers-in-law, Iperia and Shaun |
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Flatt and Roshunda Price and Antonio Jenkins; to his |
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mother-in-law, Emma Clark; to his father-in-law, Pervis Espree; |
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to his stepfather-in-law, Donald Handy; to his sisters-in-law, |
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Carla Clark and Danielle Handy; to his brothers-in-law, Robert, |
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James, and Brian Clark; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Master Sergeant Charles L. Price |
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III. |
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Garcia |
Rodriguez |
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Huffman |
Van de Putte |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 18, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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Member, Texas Senate |