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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close with the passing of esteemed educator and community leader |
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Clifford Charles Baker Jr. of Tyler on November 28, 2014, at the age |
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of 74; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on August 26, 1940, |
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C. C. Baker attended Tyler Junior College in 1960 and went on to |
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graduate with bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas Christian |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Baker enjoyed a career in education that spanned |
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more than three decades; he taught for a year at W. C. Stripling |
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Junior High School in Fort Worth, and in 1965, he returned to Tyler, |
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where he coached at Hogg Junior High School for six years before |
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serving as assistant principal and then principal at John Tyler |
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High School; in 1981, when a fire destroyed the school, he went back |
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into the burning building to retrieve important records and in the |
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aftermath helped seamlessly transfer students to a nearby campus; |
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he was later named superintendent of the Athens Independent School |
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District; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Baker was subsequently hired as a development |
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officer at Tyler Junior College, where he helped establish |
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scholarship programs and build community support in behalf of his |
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alma mater through the TJC Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite his busy professional life, Mr. Baker found |
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time to serve on the boards of many worthwhile organizations, and he |
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was a longtime congregant of the First Christian Church of Tyler; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Baker shared a rewarding relationship with his |
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wife, Brenda, and he was a loving father to their son, Joel; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, faith, and community, |
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C. C. Baker will be deeply missed, but the integrity and generosity |
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with which he lived his life will forever inspire all those who had |
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the good fortune to know him; 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 Clifford Charles |
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Baker Jr. and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Brenda Baker; to his son, Joel Baker; and to |
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his many 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 |
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C. C. Baker. |
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Schaefer |
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Hughes |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3168 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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