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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Lone Star State lost a distinguished jurist and |
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public servant with the death of the Honorable Ben Akers, who passed |
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away on July 10, 2014, at the age of 57; and |
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WHEREAS, Charles Benjamin Akers was born in Leon, Iowa, on |
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January 31, 1957, to Doug and Shirley Akers; he graduated from |
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Simpson College in 1979 and later enrolled at the University of |
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Houston Law School, where he received his juris doctorate in 1987; |
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Judge Akers subsequently worked as a prosecutor in Nueces and |
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Parker Counties before spending 17 years in private practice; he |
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was board certified in both criminal law and estate planning and |
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probate law, in addition to being licensed as a CPA; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was first elected to public |
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office in 2004, when the voters of Parker County selected him as |
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judge of County Court at Law No. 2; widely respected for his |
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fairness and impartiality, he won reelection in 2008 and 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Akers was a member of the Springtown Optimist |
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Club and a parishioner of Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Willow |
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Park; a man of many interests, he was an avid car enthusiast as well |
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as a master gardener; he also took great pleasure in spending time |
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outdoors and listening to his favorite band, the Eagles; in all his |
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endeavors, he enjoyed the love and support of his two children, |
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Maggie and Mark Akers; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Ben Akers served the residents of Parker |
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County with unwavering integrity and devotion, and his |
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contributions to his community will not soon be forgotten; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of the Honorable Ben |
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Akers and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his children, Maggie and Mark Akers; to his mother, Shirley Akers; |
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to his siblings and their spouses, Debbra Dunn and her husband, |
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Randy, Sandy Higdon and her husband, Dave, and Dan Akers and his |
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wife, Veronica; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be |
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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 Judge Ben |
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Akers. |