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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 Alvin Clayton Welborn of Mount Pleasant, who passed away on |
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August 23, 2014, at the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, This lifelong Texan was born on September 3, 1934, |
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in Princeton to William Jefferson and Vera Altha Welborn; he began |
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his career with State Farm Insurance in Dallas in 1953 and |
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eventually moved in 1985 to Mount Pleasant, where he worked as an |
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agent; after 51 years with State Farm, he retired in 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mr. Welborn was active in the |
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communities of Princeton and Mount Pleasant; in 1968, he helped |
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found the Princeton Athletic Booster Club, and he further |
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contributed his time as an announcer at high school football games |
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and as an umpire and coach for Little League sports; a member of the |
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Lions Club since 1978, he served as a chapter president in both |
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cities he called home; he was an elder at the Princeton Church of |
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Christ and most recently at the Northridge Church of Christ in Mount |
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Pleasant, and he additionally had served as a member of the Mount |
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Pleasant Chamber of Commerce and the Optimist Club; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Welborn was sustained by |
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the affection and support of a fine family that included his wife of |
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six decades, Freida, and their children, Randy, Rhonda, Bradley, |
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Tammie, Jon, and Jeff; he delighted in spending time with his loved |
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ones, and he was also an avid hunter and fisherman; and |
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WHEREAS, Alvin Clayton Welborn enjoyed a life that was rich |
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in the intangibles that matter most, and he is deeply missed by all |
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those who held him dear; 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 Alvin Clayton |
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Welborn and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Freida Welborn; to his children, Randy Welborn and his |
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wife, Carrie, Rhonda Hawkins and her husband, Ray, Bradley Welborn |
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and his wife, Danielle, Tammie Lewis and her husband, Doug, Jon |
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Welborn and his wife, Carol, and Jeff Welborn and his wife, Monica; |
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to his brother, Doyle Welborn, and his wife, Mary Lou; to his |
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sister-in-law, Betty Welborn; to his 16 grandchildren and 15 |
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great-grandchildren; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Alvin |
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Clayton Welborn. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1915 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 7, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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