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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of former Texas state representative |
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Lawrence Dean Cobb on January 31, 2015, at the age of 78, brought a |
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great loss to his family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Marlin on May 16, 1936, Dean Cobb was the son |
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of Lawrence Morgan Cobb and Ruth Day Bladen; he attended The |
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University of Texas at Austin on a track scholarship, and he served |
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his country as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and as commander |
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of the 36th Division of the Texas Army National Guard in Dumas; |
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after graduating from Baylor Law School in 1962, he began his legal |
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practice in Dumas as a partner in Lovell, Lyle, and Cobb; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cobb served as Moore County attorney before |
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winning election to the Texas House of Representatives in 1968; |
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over the course of three terms in office, he served as chair of the |
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interim Medical Welfare Program Committee and as vice chair of the |
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Oil, Gas, and Mining Committee, the Human Resources Subcommittee on |
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Public Welfare, and the Automatic Data Processing in State |
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Government Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his tenure in the legislature, Mr. Cobb |
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became a resident partner with Bracewell and Patterson, |
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establishing its Austin office; he opened a solo practice in 1986; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cobb was active in a number of professional and |
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philanthropic organizations, serving on the boards of the State Bar |
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of Texas, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and the Texas |
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Industries for the Blind and Handicapped, and he was a founding |
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board member of the Texas Union Advisory Council; in addition, he |
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was a life member of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and |
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Accepted Masons; in his leisure, he enjoyed traveling with friends, |
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reading, golfing, running, and cheering for the Texas Longhorn |
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athletic teams; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all, Dean Cobb cherished the time spent with |
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his loved ones, and those who were privileged to know him will |
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forever treasure their memories of this true gentleman, friend, and |
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scholar; 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 life of the Honorable |
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Lawrence Dean Cobb and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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his family: to his wife, Kathleen Garcia Cobb; to his daughters, |
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Kendall Cobb Courtney and her husband, David, Courtney Cobb |
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Langford and her husband, Keith, and Susanna Cobb Butler and her |
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husband, Marty; to his grandchildren, Sarah, Huck, Clark, and |
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Sally; to his brother, Donald Cobb, and his wife, Susan; to his |
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first wife, Patricia Threadgill McNamara; to his godson, Bill |
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Marsh, and his wife, Elizabeth; 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lawrence |
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Dean Cobb. |