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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Hurley Funeral Home has been awarded a 2015 Texas |
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Treasure Business Award by the Texas Historical Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Treasure Business Award was created in |
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2005 and recognizes the contributions of Texas-based enterprises |
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that have been in continuous operation for at least 50 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Seeing the need for a mortuary in rural Atascosa |
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County, Millard Hurley opened Hurley Funeral Home in 1919; it |
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started out as a simple operation, with Mr. Hurley digging the |
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graves himself in addition to handling officiating duties; his |
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wife, Thelma, sold burial garments for the deceased and baked |
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chocolate cakes for the grieving families; and |
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WHEREAS, Appreciative of Mr. and Mrs. Hurley's hard work and |
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dedication, area residents turned to the couple's funeral home in |
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times of loss and the business grew; the Hurleys' son, Charles, |
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joined the staff, as did their grandchildren, Patrick and Ross, and |
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great-grandsons, Patrick and Evan; as the years went by, the family |
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created the Hurley Burial Insurance Association and established new |
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funeral home locations in nearby towns; today, the Hurley Funeral |
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Home has facilities in Pleasanton, Pearsall, Devine, and Lytle; and |
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WHEREAS, While providing funeral services to area residents, |
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the Hurley family has led in meeting other community needs as well; |
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in the 1930s, the Hurley Funeral Home began offering an ambulance |
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service, a resource that saw heavy use, as Atascosa County at that |
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time had few doctors and no hospital of its own; the funeral home |
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continued to operate the ambulance until 1980, when it donated its |
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ambulance equipment to the county to start the first EMS service in |
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that part of the state; acting individually, members of the Hurley |
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family have also played an active role in civic life, giving |
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generously of their time and energies to community organizations; |
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in the mid-1950s, moreover, Charles Hurley was instrumental in the |
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desegregation of schools in Atascosa County; and |
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WHEREAS, Family owned and operated for nearly a century, |
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Hurley Funeral Home has built an outstanding record of service in |
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South Texas, and the company is indeed deserving of its place among |
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the state's historic businesses; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Hurley Funeral Home on its receipt |
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of a 2015 Texas Treasure Business Award and extend to the members of |
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the family and all of the company's employees sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Hurley Funeral Home as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |