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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Dr. David Howell McCarley of McKinney, who passed away on |
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January 4, 2015, at the age of 61; and |
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WHEREAS, David McCarley was born in Austin on September 2, |
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1953, to L. B. McCarley and Mary Ann Van Landingham-McCarley; he |
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graduated from McKinney High School in 1971 and went on to become a |
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loyal Red Raider fan while earning a bachelor's degree in |
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microbiology from Texas Tech University; after working at Texas |
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Tech and the University of Arizona, he attended the Baylor College |
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of Dentistry, where he obtained his doctoral degree in dental |
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surgery in 1981; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, Dr. McCarley owned and |
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operated McCarley Restorative and Cosmetic Family Dentistry in |
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McKinney; his wealth of knowledge and experience, along with his |
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kindness and compassion, served many in the community well over the |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McCarley further benefited his professional |
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peers through his involvement in a variety of dental organizations; |
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he served with the Texas Dental Association for many years and was |
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the youngest member elected to the board of directors, and, in May |
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2014, he was named president of the organization; in addition, he |
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shared his expertise as president of the Fourth District Dental |
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Society in North Texas and served on the 2008 American Dental |
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Association Council on Ethics, Bylaws, and Judicial Affairs; his |
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charitable spirit and devotion to his community led him to |
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volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, the Kiwanis Club, and |
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Ducks Unlimited, and he was also a member of St. Gabriel Catholic |
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Church in McKinney; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Dr. McCarley enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Lee Ann; the couple enjoyed traveling and |
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riding motorcycles, and they delighted in spending time together at |
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their farm, The ToothAchers Ranch; and |
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WHEREAS, While the passing of David McCarley brings great |
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sadness to his family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy that |
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will long be treasured by all those who were privileged to know him; |
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now, 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 Dr. David Howell |
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McCarley and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Lee Ann McCarley; to his children, Kristi Kendall, Joe |
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McCarley, Wesley Layton, Nick McCarley, and Jenny McCarley and her |
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husband, Justin Appleby; to his siblings, Dana Pennington, Kevin |
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McCarley and his wife, Jennifer, Brian McCarley, and Susan McCarley |
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and her fiancé, Steve Smith; to his mother, Mary Ann McCarley; to |
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his grandchildren, Hunter, Savannah, and Abigail Kendall, and Rylee |
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Layton; and to his other relatives and 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. David |
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Howell McCarley. |