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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Oris G. Green of Houston, who died on March 4, 2015, at |
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the age of 71; and |
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WHEREAS, Oris Green was born in Houston's Fifth Ward on |
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January 13, 1944, to Oris Green Sr. and Katie Green; after |
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graduating from Phillis Wheatley High School, he received a |
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football scholarship from Southern University in Baton Rouge, |
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Louisiana, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business |
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administration and served in the U.S. Army Reserve; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Green and his wife, Alma, shared a rewarding |
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marriage spanning many years together until his passing, and he was |
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the proud father of three daughters, Yolanda, Deneitra, and |
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Stephanie; later in life, he was blessed with seven grandchildren |
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and a great-grandchild; and |
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WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Mr. Green moved with |
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his family to Dallas, where he became the first African American |
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marketing representative for the Southwest District of Mobil Oil; |
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he went on to work for Fox and Jacobs Homes and Xerox, and in 1975, |
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he returned to Houston, where he worked for Southern Pacific |
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Railroad and ran his own company, Green's Iron Work and Burglar |
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Bars; he was also employed by the Aldine Independent School |
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District and retired from the district as superintendent for school |
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expansion and improvements; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith, Mr. Green was a |
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longtime member of Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church, where he |
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served as a trustee and a member of the United Methodist Men; in |
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addition, he ministered to men with cancer at the Life (Cancer) |
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Ministry of Windsor Village United Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Green was an expert cook who often raised money |
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for his church with his popular barbecue and fish fry dinners, and |
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he was an enthusiastic and expert gardener who delighted in sharing |
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his homegrown produce with his family, his friends, and people in |
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need; and |
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WHEREAS, Oris Green lived a rich and purposeful life, and |
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memories of his warmth, compassion, and concern for others will |
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continue to inspire all those who knew and loved him; 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 Oris G. Green and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Alma Green; to his mother, Katie Green; to his daughters, |
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Yolanda Hempstead Brown, Deneitra Hutchinson and her husband, Jeff, |
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and Stephanie Lee; to his sister, Maudell Simon, and her husband, |
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Junius; to his grandchildren, Paul Brown, Shallanie Martin, Braxton |
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Scott, Christopher, Cameron, and Noah Hutchinson, and Nicholas Lee; |
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to his great-grandson, C. J. Martin; to his nephew, Junius Simon; |
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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 Oris |
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G. Green. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2822 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 21, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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